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Subsidies for electric cars have helped make them popular, but have gone mostly to the wealthy. These and mandates may have unintended consequences.

Here to continue the discussion with Dr. Scott Tinker is:
- Dr. Beia Spiller, Director of the Transportation Program at Resources for the Future
- Dr. David Rapson, Economic Policy Advisor for the Fed and Professor of Economics, UC Davis

Originally aired 10/09/2023 on PBS.

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