Electric cars 'will not solve transport problem,' report warns

Re:Electric cars 'will not solve transport problem,' report ... by CaptainZapp on Friday July 05, 2019 @03:46AM (#20360627)

At the end state will tax electricity same way to keep this wonderful tax income.

It's not so much the wonderful tax income, but the necessary acquiring of funds in order to maintain the roads.

This is paid by taxes on fuel. Somebody has to pay for new roads and maintenance, when that string of revenue falls away.

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Re:Electric cars 'will not solve transport problem,' report ... by eMSF on Friday July 05, 2019 @03:58AM (#20360676)

Oh, but it is a wonderful tax income. Around here, only a fraction (about 1/8) of car-related taxes are spent on maintaining the roads.

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Re:Electric cars 'will not solve transport problem,' report ... by CaptainZapp on Friday July 05, 2019 @04:16AM (#20360759)

Then there's something wrong with the tax allocation.

Herearound fuel taxes are earmarked for roads and potentially public transport projects. It can't be siphoned off into the general revenue bucket.

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