Re:Ford CEO: Tesla's Cybertruck Is Only for 'Silicon Valley ...
by metaphor on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @06:10PM
(#36425371)
It sounds like the UK hasn't had its Chicken Tax[1] moment in history yet.
A Chevy Suburban seats up to 9 and has a curb weight of ~6,000 lbs on the upper end.
A Tesla Model 3 seats up to 5 and has a curb weight of ~3,800 lbs on the lower end.
Take a wild guess which vehicle your proposition taxes favorably...something about unintended market consequences comes to mind.
Obviously at the moment (certainly here in the UK) there are loop holes when trucks and vans are "commercial vehicles" with different tax levels, many it used for commercial purposes. They need to be closed off, maybe include cargo volume in the equation so an oversized heavy pickup with little carrying capacity is penalised over a commercial van.
We are also overdue ending significant tax breaks for electric vehicles. We have reached the point where we are over the hump needed to shift the market to EVs.