Putting my computer programmer hat on, if ICBC has any semblance of a modern relational database system to track their insurance policies (hint -- they have to), it should be dead easy to script out the additional programming logic that will assign the appropriate rebate amount based on the vehicle's fuel type. Fuel type is something that ICBC policies already track, so the data should already be there. I can't imagine how it would take more than a few hours to write that programming code up.
Of course, that's something an ICBC database programmer would know. The thought may not have crossed policy makers' minds since they are not the workers implementing this, or they might have decided against it of whatever reason. But at the implementation level, it is really, *REALLY* easy to do.
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Originally Posted by mikemhg
Giving a rebate to EV drivers is pretty retarded.
I surmise that the administrative work of confirming said rebate based on the type of vehicle was the barrier there (would've been more costly to apply a means based payment system as opposed to a blanket credit for all basic coverage carriers).
That's the only rationale I can think of there.
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