Yep! And since one (1) person now counts as evidence: I know of one youth who saved hard, and tapped the discount to buy a (second-hand) Leaf as their first car.

If the policy had stayed in place, we'd now have 30,000 EVs on the road, ready to be someone else's second-hand first car in a few years.
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Know a few people that are hardly RICH who picked up a cheap Leaf to basically be a little shopping cart around the Manawatū (PNorth-Filly Metropolis)
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I think 30k is an underestimate - because as you get more EVs then you see more charge networks and buying an EV becomes more worthwhile - a virtuous cycle

You also see more used EVs - which can fill out the bottom of the market

And more folks who have real experience and NO range anxiety
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True, it's like how e-bike forecasts tend to underestimate the snowball effect. Also, more people with EVs = more people chatting about EVs at BBQs, family Christmas, etc, which also = more people learning about EVs at BBQs, etc. Information is power and it's also free, and contagious. Pass it on!
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