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California hopes to lure a new generation to electric cars, with help from rebates, high gas prices
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The state is now poised to assist drivers with the purchase of their first new or used electric vehicle, starting next month.
Even though consumer spending on the vehicles has ramped up, Michalek said, “it’s not that people started liking electric vehicles more.
By incentivizing the purchase of a new electric vehicle, that will encourage new production, which means more EVs on the road.
However, incentivizing buying used EVs doesn’t result in new production, he noted: “That’s just a change of hands.”
Not all electric vehicles qualify for the rebate.