Declaration in West Virginia v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Table of Contents

• IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 1
• FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT 1
• DECLARATION OF BENJAMIN ZYCHER IN SUPPORT OF 1
• PETITIONERS OPENING BRIEF 1
• DA-204 1
• Summary 2
• See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Corporate Average Fuel 2
• DA-205 2
• DA-206 3
• Introduction 4
• Section I Vehicle Acquisition Costs 4
• See in particular Table 8-30 in the NHTSA Final Regulatory Impact Analysis at 4
• DA-207 4
• Note that the manufacturers have incentives to price all vehicles at long-run mar- 5
• See httpswww.kbb.comcar-advicehow-much-electric-car- 5
• DA-208 5
• Cost 6
• Hyundai 6
• Kona 6
• Electric 6
• Ford 6
• F-150 6
• Ford F-150 6
• Lightning 6
• Purchase 6
• Maintenance 6
• See Table 8-30 in the NHTSA Final Regulatory Impact Analysis at 6
• See Roberto Baldwin et. al. EV vs. Gas Which Cars Are Cheaper to Own 6
• DA-209 6
• Fuel 7
• Electricity 7
• 3-Year 7
• Depreciation 7
• 3-Year 7
• Ownership 7
• DA-210 7
• Section II Inexorable Decline in the Quality of State Public Ser- 8
• See U.S. Department of Energy Incremental Purchase Cost Methodology and 8
• DA-211 8
• This is simply the basic economic axiom that other factors held constant an in- 9
• The standard definition of the demand elasticity usually denoted by the Greek 9
• DA-212 9
• Demand Elasticity Percent Reduction in 10
• Vehicle Purchases 10
• 0.1 10
• 0.2 10
• 0.3 10
• 0.4 10
• 0.5 10
• 0.6 10
• 0.7 10
• 0.8 10
• 0.9 10
• 1.0 10
• 1.5 10
• 2.0 10
• DA-213 10
• In the usual case the state agency and the legislature negotiate a lump-sum 11
• An inferior input is one the use of which rises as output declines. It is difficult 11
• DA-214 11
• The EPA estimate is 41 percent. See httpswww.fuelecon- 12
• DA-215 12
• DA-216 13