But what most countries need right now are incentives for people buy fuel efficient cars (including electric cars) and disincentives for people to buy inefficient gasoline burners on account of how cars bought now can be in use for two decades or even more. People are sensitive to the purchase price of cars so tax breaks for fuel efficient ones and tax increases for inefficient ones seems like a sensible choice.

There might be a higher fee to register ICEVs. Singapore has done a good job of keeping their streets less polluted by increasing registration fees as cars age rather than dropping them as most places do.

The $1 million Rimac…

“It took two years for Rimac Automobili to develop this next-generation and the world’s first electric hyper car. With a total of 1,088 horsepower under the hood and ‘All Wheel Torque Vectoring’, Concept One officially joins the exclusive club of supercars like Bugatti roadster Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse.

The car delivers exceptional driving experience with its low center of gravity, and its 92 kWh heavy battery pack offers 370-mile range, or less if an enthusiast is driving at its top of 190-mph. Further, its interiors have been designed by a team of former Pininfarina designers and a leather specialist, led by Mr. Goran Popvic. And, Rimac will only produce 88 cars in total.”

http://www.bornrich.com/expensive-electric-cars-eco-friendly-billionaires.html

And there’s the million dollar Rolls Royce….

Now that EVs are available at pretty much every price range, they will be dominating the market.

I also don’t get the claim that high end cars would all but be gone…the most in demand high end car right now is electric. The Model S. What Tesla has shown is that the car industry’s addiction to fossil fuels was actually holding them back. Redoing an electric car leads to a machine that is better in every way. And the cost hurdle will almost certainly reduce because it is driven by a single component, the battery. A component which also happens to be the one that not only the car industry, govts, research labs, but also the immensely rich and profitable consumer electronics industry are pouring in tons of effort to make cheaper and better.

And most importantly, a hurdle whose efficiency/cost has grown exponentially the past few years and is expected to do so even without any tech breakthroughs for the next few years.

But I really do want society to preserve some of the cars we have build. There are some that should only be saved for their design. they could be converted to electric. But others need to live with their ICE in running condition. Even if they will only touch the street once a year or so for a classic car show.