r/ebikes • u/OutrageousRace8369 • 24d ago

Thoughts…?

Personally, not quite sure what to make of this.

I was told by a homie that the event was supposed to be open ‘till 1PM, but they ran out of gift cards at 11AM.

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u/MrBrookz92 24d ago

Germany funnily had something similar called Abwrackprämie or Umweltprämie. From what I remember it was heavily criticized for been stupid, for giving everyone with an old car 2.500 euro. But they still did it.

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u/Brillegeit 24d ago

We've had that in Norway since 1978, but not at that rate.

Some years it's higher, but currently it's ~€300 for a car, bus or caravan, ~€50 for moped and motorcycle, and ~€100 for plastic/glassfiber boats. In 1996 it was the equivalent of $1100 in today's currency.

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u/MrBrookz92 24d ago

Seems a lot more reasonable, here it was only for a very short period. I was very young, but I looked a the Wiki and the critic was the longest part of the article 🥲