Also, the government tax regular cars so much over so many decades and removed practically all competitions to protect those AP cronies anyway. what is a bit of subsidies going to hurt the governments coffers in the grand scheme of things..

The subsidies is possibly also a challenge to the status quo (AP cronies), effectively rendering the importation of EVs financially non-viable for consumers and reduce AP cronies' influence on the automotive market. We have seen how Anwar was willing to waive Tesla's tax, effectively killing Teslas brought in through the AP system.

Essentially the subsidies would improve competition within the sector which is better for consumers in the long run. She used vague terms like "solid plan" and "hot water" but did not consider that it is very much a political and social issue and is something far greater than an urban-dweller's first world problem such as traffic jam.

Also EVs are fucking expensive to run due to really backwards tax as they are taxed based on output i've heard. so you could be driving an NPC EV and pay a ton more in road tax than someone driving an AMG. so the impact on governments budget wrt subsidies is a lot less than some might think