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It should be included in taxes on the vehicles themselves which then gets priced into the product (just like fuel is currently). One major difference between t
by yurishimo 2y ago
It should be included in taxes on the vehicles themselves which then gets priced into the product (just like fuel is currently).
One major difference between the US and EU for example is road taxes just for owning a car. The US kind of has that with registration, but the costs are too low for all vehicle classes.
In the Netherlands, I pay €22/month for my economy car in a road tax that is separate from fuel taxes. If I drive more, then I'll obviously contribute more in fuel taxes. If I had a bigger car, the cost might be €50 or €100/month for a large box truck that causes considerably more wear and tear, even if it doesn't drive as far as I do on my daily commute in the economy car. Registration is included in this cost. If I deregister my vehicle, I stop paying the tax.
I feel this is a better/fairer arrangement for all parties.
- genocidicbunny 2y agoThe tax should be based on vehicle weight too. Given two cars with the same fuel efficiency, the heavier one should be paying a higher tax still, cube law proportional. Double the weight? Road tax is 8x. Especially in the US we need stronger discouragement to buying larger vehicles, and since the damage a vehicle does is proportional to the cube of it's weight, we kind of get two birds with one stone.
- EricE 2y agoTaxing (and not subsidizing) EVs more sounds fantastic to me.