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Re:VW sees EVs making up 90% of Norway sales in 2021 by Cthulhu_ on Thursday October 08, 2020 @03:48AM (#24716880)
Free? Maybe in the US, but over here, 40-60% of the cost of fuel is taxes (Dutch source: https://www.unitedconsumers.com/tanken/informatie/opbouw-bra...).

Bonus taxes ("accijns", also raised on alcohol and tobacco) makes up 12.2 billion of the country's income (https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/prinsjesdag/inkomst... at least a billion is spent on CO2 and nitrogen reduction, and reducing the dependency on natural gas in favor of electricity (that can be produced in a renewable fashion).

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Re:VW sees EVs making up 90% of Norway sales in 2021 by Brakenshire on Thursday October 08, 2020 @04:05AM (#24716992)
The taxes on fuel need to do a lot of heavy lifting, pricing in the cost of road building and maintenance, the effect of road congestion and air pollution in cities, and the effect of increased global warming. I’m sceptical they cover those factors.

Although, it probably would be better to move more of the tax burden to car use in cities, and away from fuel. Driving a car in the countryside is much less damaging than in a city centre.

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Re:VW sees EVs making up 90% of Norway sales in 2021 by ClikeX on Thursday October 08, 2020 @04:10AM (#24717016)
We also get taxed for owning the car itself (Road Tax). Which is meant for road maintenance in the Netherlands.

We pay a lot of taxes.

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Re:VW sees EVs making up 90% of Norway sales in 2021 by adrianN on Thursday October 08, 2020 @04:19AM (#24717068)
There are a number of studies that show that there are still many externalized costs for cars. A lot of course also applies to EVs (e.g. accidents, noise).
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Re:VW sees EVs making up 90% of Norway sales in 2021 by afwe on Thursday October 08, 2020 @03:55AM (#24716914)
Why the downvotes?
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