In a way they do, the price of gasoline is artificially low in North America compared to Europe. And if you search gasoline subsidies you will see how many billions countries pay to prop up fossil fuel.
The cost of car ownership for a petrol cat depends on government.
For us our petrol is manipulated in another way also:
We we paying around $1.80 a liter a while back, but an election happened so they removed some of the taxes on petrol as a party incentive, so now we are paying $1.50
While not a direct subsidy, that ooerating cost did have an impact on car purchase choices.
In a way they do, the price of gasoline is artificially low in North America compared to Europe. And if you search gasoline subsidies you will see how many billions countries pay to prop up fossil fuel.
The cost of car ownership for a petrol cat depends on government.
For us our petrol is manipulated in another way also: We we paying around $1.80 a liter a while back, but an election happened so they removed some of the taxes on petrol as a party incentive, so now we are paying $1.50
While not a direct subsidy, that ooerating cost did have an impact on car purchase choices.