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Re:To Save Money on Insurance, Drivers Agree to Intrusive Mo... by 34679 on Thursday June 29, 2023 @07:34AM (#36519054)
>it's not obvious how one would replace it to do the same thing for EVs.

Taxing tires would work. Also, mileage is already recorded during vehicle inspections. That could be used to calculate tax but would be more open to fraud.

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Re:To Save Money on Insurance, Drivers Agree to Intrusive Mo... by flavius29663 on Thursday June 29, 2023 @08:09AM (#36519353)
I don't want tires to be taxed, it would incentivize people to use tires more than they would do today, and that is bad news for traffic safety. Not only for themselves but for other people on the road too.
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