Cost of Driving an EV

92b said
The government subsidized the oil industry before the mid 30's. Yes crude/ mineral oil have many applications. Same can be said for electricity. While these subsidies may not be named the " tax against horses" there effect was the same. While not directly saying you have to switch to motor cars the balance is tipped just the same. Long before the mid 30's. The first years of a developing technology are the most important and a little help from the government can make or break these technologies.

The first decades of a developing technolgy. Most of the R&D on miracle-magnets, miracle-motors, & bombastic-batteries has been 40+ yrs in the making. And a lot of that has been in universities, MIT, etc. Not just by manufacturers. Lots of money has been given in those decades to support that research, including superconductors, as well as ICE refinements. That's not a bad thing, but a factual perspective.