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PoindexterOglethorpe

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4. So you think they should require all new cars to be only electric cars, right?
Sat Sep 21, 2019, 02:42 PM
Sep 2019

I'm guessing then that about 95% of Californians would be unable to purchase a new car, given that electric cars are currently about 4% of the market in that state, which is a higher percentage than anywhere else. That's clearly a good idea.

Or maybe enterprising car dealers would set up lots just across the border in Arizona, Oregon, and Nevada so as to sell new gas engine cars to Californians. Or they'd figure out some kind of scheme to make a new car a used car.

Given how small a percentage of the market electric cars currently are, your suggestion is supremely impractical.

Yes, as I said above, electric cars are the future, and if I ever purchase another car (a bit iffy, given that I'm 71 and bought a car last year) it may well be electric. Or at least a hybrid. But fixing it so that most people can't possibly buy a new car in that state? Not a good idea.

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