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> penalizing vehicle tonnage seems like a weird way of achieving it It's not a "weird way", it's a good heuristic.
by lkdfjlkdfjlg 3y ago
> penalizing vehicle tonnage seems like a weird way of achieving it
It's not a "weird way", it's a good heuristic.
- gruez 3y agoYou say "good heuristic", I say "half-assing it", especially when you consider a system to determine which cars are eligible for the charge would involve some sort of vehicle model database, and it would be equally easy to have the system work off of emissions rather than tonnage.
- alkonaut 3y agoParticle emissions from tires is probably not available data by model, but it can be pretty reliably inferred from the weight of the vehicle. If you want exhaust emissions you can just take the emission values from the database by model. Also weight is a reasonable proxy for size and hazard to pedestrians. EVs get unfairly penalized for that though (for being dense)