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> 65% of the public believe it is fair for electric car drivers to be taxed, but at a lower rate than petrol and diesel drivers Electric cars still use roads,
by Diggsey 2y ago
> 65% of the public believe it is fair for electric car drivers to be taxed, but at a lower rate than petrol and diesel drivers
Electric cars still use roads, which still need to be maintained. There's no "extrapolation of logic" required, because the tax on the most fuel efficient cars already dwarfs that which would be paid by electric cars.
- wakawaka28 2y agoElectric cars also weigh more and brake more than cars of equal weight. Petrol is already taxed ostensibly to pay for roads. So if anything, EVs just need to be taxed and everything else can be left alone.