Do they do this for gas terminals? One got hit by a car near where I work a few weeks back. I doubt the government is paying to replace it; the gas station is. Why aren't ev owners paying for these?
I mean, do they pay for my cancer I get from breathing Dino-bone-juice smoke filled air as someone in the middle class who doesn’t qualify for free healthcare? Because for all the harm we inflicted in the name of oil, sure can’t hurt to spend a little giving us another path forward.
Electric cars are already heavily subsidized and not properly taxed.
We live in a capitalist society. The chargers should make enough money to pay for themselves and repairs if there's damage. Or they should pay for insurance.