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How are fuel taxes there and do EVs have an equivalent tax? Ideally we'd just move to a carbon tax, to punish EVs a little bit and ICEs a ton, but I suspect th
by reitzensteinm 6y ago
How are fuel taxes there and do EVs have an equivalent tax?
Ideally we'd just move to a carbon tax, to punish EVs a little bit and ICEs a ton, but I suspect that governments are going to aggressively pursue taxing EV miles in the near future once penetration hits double digits.
- londons_explore 6y agoMost people only own their cars for ~3 years. It's unlikley such a policy change will be proposed and implemented in under 3 years, so it shouldn't really factor into anyones decision making much.
- reitzensteinm 6y agoRight, it's not going to be a factor in parent's decision making process, I'm just saying that EV charging being such a good deal (taking parent's numbers on faith) may well be short lived. Governments are currently attempting to incentivize EVs, but as soon as the shift is happening rapidly and looks inevitable, they absolutely will start to see the money left on the table that they once took. Of course this is more a European thing (and Australian where I'm from). US gas taxes are famously low.