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This is more than the average fossil car owner pays in gas taxes, and really bad policy during a world fuel shortage.

  • blitzen@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    I quite like that idea, but would worry that home charging would leave too much road maintenance unfunded. Maybe a combination of a low flat EV fee and your fast charger tax.

    • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      I dunno. Psychologically, buyers don’t like an upfront tax. It’s just how our monkey brains are.

      …How about an EV tax proportional to vehicle mass, or maybe battery mass/capacity? With a cutoff for tiny, cheap EVs. This would tax commercial vehicles and ridiculous luxury EVs like the Hummer EV, but incentivize small EVs or plug in hybrids. And it “makes sense” because heavy, long range vehicles wear roads more.