I’d wager that if they took away the right for these things to use the carpool lane and the rebate subsidies, that their sales would drop off like a rock.
After the production level exceeds a preset number (which Tesla has already done this year, or will soon), federal rebates are phased out. A while back the state of Georgia got rid of the state rebate and Tesla sales dropped off right away, but recovered by the end of the year.
“I’d wager that if they took away the right for these things to use the carpool lane and the rebate subsidies, that their sales would drop off like a rock”
The full $7500 Fed. Tesla subsidy will be gone this year The subsidy will go to $3750 for the first half of 2019, then $1875 the second half of 2019. Tesla burned through the 200,000 car subsidy allotment on there most expensive models which their rich customers would have bought regardless.