Except that's not a "subsidy". It's their money in the first place.

Economically it doesn't matter. There's no material difference between stroking someone a check for, say, 7% of the price of their new car or giving them an exemption from a 7% sales tax that would otherwise have to be paid. Money is fungible. There's no economic difference between receiving a payment and being relieved of an obligation in the same amount.

Relieving someone of a $100 tax liability has the same economic effect as sending them $100 - so it would have the same consequence on pricing.

Ford is taking a bath on its EVs and probably thought a lower introductory price would spur more demand. The broader question with EVs in general is, "What is the total addressable market (TAM)?"

That is an interesting question, but not what you said in your prior post. You had suggested the reason that Ford's prices went up was because of the subsidy. However, the subsidies were in place both at the lower and higher prices. So the subsidies couldn't have affected Ford's prices.

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