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>And I agree that this smacks of vague anti-EV sentiment. Where were the gas tax concerns about plug-in Prius drivers? Changing the tax structure because of on
by lispisok 3y ago
>And I agree that this smacks of vague anti-EV sentiment. Where were the gas tax concerns about plug-in Prius drivers?
Changing the tax structure because of one car model with limited popularity isnt worth it. As the fraction of electric cars on the road increases the need to adjust taxes increases.
- zamfi 3y agoSure, but the point is that large, heavy consumer vehicles have been extremely popular for decades (see: F-150, the most popular vehicle in the USA, which weighs substantially more than most EVs). Where was the concern with weight then? Or is your argument that the low efficiency of those vehicles compensated (through increased fuel consumption and this higher taxes) for their weight?
- lispisok 3y agoYou're projecting some collective you are imagining in your brain onto me as an individual. I had that concern then and I have it now. I hate the trend of common passenger vehicles getting bigger every year.
- zamfi 3y agoYes, you're not the first one to express this concern and this thread is addressing the concern in general, not you specifically -- and surmising that the recent emergence of this concern is a result of some vague anti-EV sentiment given that weights have been increasing for years yet the general concern is expressed more frequently only more recently. Sounds like we're on the same page!