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Petrol taxes include road tax in a lot of places, that will have to be replaced somehow once the share of electric cars becomes big enough.
by whatevaa 3y ago
Petrol taxes include road tax in a lot of places, that will have to be replaced somehow once the share of electric cars becomes big enough.
- ndsipa_pomu 3y agoWhich countries do that? (Genuinely curious) Here in the UK, there's a lot of drivers who believe that road tax exists (not since 1937) and whilst there's a similar concept with VED (Vehicle Excise Duty), it's not used used specifically for fixing roads - that comes from general taxation. Due to the misinformation, we sometimes get EV drivers complaining about cyclists because "they don't pay road tax", whereas EV owners don't even pay VED as it's based on tailpipe emissions. This means that cyclists (and pedestrians etc) are in effect subsidising the heavy vehicle drivers and helping to pay for the damage that heavy vehicles cause to the roads (roughly proportional to the fourth power of weight of the vehicle).