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We pay this in NZ per km. Costs 2x more in road tax than in electricity. Of course hybrids pay less because Toyota.
by dzhiurgis 1y ago
We pay this in NZ per km. Costs 2x more in road tax than in electricity. Of course hybrids pay less because Toyota.
- MBCook 1y agoI’d rather the road stuff was paid for some other way. I get EVs don’t pay through gas tax, and they’re generally heavier so do more damage. But I don’t think we should be doing anything to disincentivize EVs. We should be pushing them more. Just raise the registration fees on all cars, consider it a pollution tax for ICE cars. Of course none of this matters. We all know why this legislation was pushed. And this debate I’m discussing wasn’t it.
- dzhiurgis 1y ago> I get EVs don’t pay through gas tax, and they’re generally heavier so do more damage. Weight is less than a rounding error considering how much damage trucks and buses do. But yeah kinda weird Musk congratulated both Luxon and Trump when they both went against EVs.
- Zigurd 1y agoTrucking causes the vast majority of road wear. In most places., it's a hidden subsidy that they don't pay for road repair.