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Re:Electric Vehicles Are Overwhelmingly More Energy Efficient by ithkuil on Sunday May 19, 2019 @06:40AM (#19952609)
Indeed it's odd. It sounds like "if you can spend 40k on a car then you're filthy rich and thus must be able to spend 40k plus a hefty tax". When put this way it appears to resonate with one of the common ways to see the world.
Re:Electric Vehicles Are Overwhelmingly More Energy Efficient by pjc50 on Sunday May 19, 2019 @07:01AM (#19952664)
Yes, that's pretty much it? Perhaps surprisingly, it was introduced by the 2015 Conservative government. https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/industry-hits-ou...