The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark

Re:The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark by mrweasel on Monday June 12, 2017 @06:38AM (#14536227)

Then you just create a different problem, or in case of Denmark, contribute to an existing one. You're going to make the poor worse of. Taxing on kilometers driven is unfairly hard towards those who cannot afford to live close to their place of employment.

To the wealthy it won't matter much if you tax the purchase of the car or the kilometers driven. Those making below the average salary are normally excluded from living in the center of the cities, and is in some cases even forced outside the bus routes. Also Danish public transit is notoriously bad outside the four largest cities.

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Re:The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark by Dylan16807 on Monday June 12, 2017 @09:42AM (#14537276)

> Then you just create a different problem, or in case of Denmark, contribute to an existing one. You're going to make the poor worse of. Taxing on kilometers driven is unfairly hard towards those who cannot afford to live close to their place of employment.

So is there a use for car taxes at all? We could always just tax the rich directly, if we don't care about tying the tax amount to road usage.

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Re:The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark by icebraining on Monday June 12, 2017 @07:02AM (#14536303)

How is it any worse than the current tax on gas, though?

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Re:The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark by eeZah7Ux on Monday June 12, 2017 @09:26AM (#14537175)

Taxing fuel it's better as it correlates quite well with engine size and usage and therefore pollution.

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Re:The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark by mrweasel on Monday June 12, 2017 @07:46AM (#14536469)

It's not, but it is different to taxing the sales price of a new car, which was how I understood the idea.

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Re:The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark by adrianN on Monday June 12, 2017 @07:11AM (#14536334)

I don't know how it in in Denmark, but wealthy people often live in nice houses in the suburbs and commute by car. Here in Berlin at least that is the case. The fuel taxes are offset by tax deductions for commuter miles though.

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Re:The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark by mcv on Monday June 12, 2017 @08:42AM (#14536827)

With the way house prices are going, Amsterdam is rapidly turning into a city for rich people. There's a lot of rent-controlled housing, but waiting lists are more than 8 years on average. It's mostly the outskirts that are affordable, but not the center or the good neighbourhoods surrounding the center.

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Re:The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark by mrweasel on Monday June 12, 2017 @07:45AM (#14536466)

Well that true in Denmark as well, but both the city centers and the suburbs are pretty expensive, so risk getting pushed past those, and then you start getting into areas where public transport is basically non-existing.

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