Market forces alone will never fully price in pollution, IMO. There's no incentive to do so without regulation, and even if there were, I don't see how price discovery would work. The environment is not a market participant, unfortunately.
Anyway, this is pretty far off the original question of why EVs are being subsidized via tax rebates in the US.
Anyway, this is pretty far off the original question of why EVs are being subsidized via tax rebates in the US.