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Re:Car Bloat: “Huge Cars Are Terrible for Society” by kansface on Monday August 07, 2023 @03:22PM (#37039554)
Electric cars are heavy, expensive, and use no gas. This tax would be quickly regressive.
Re:Car Bloat: “Huge Cars Are Terrible for Society” by jenadine on Monday August 07, 2023 @04:25PM (#37040474)
The answer to that is to compensate it with other progressive tax credit, or redistribute the benefit of the tax in other means.
Re:Car Bloat: “Huge Cars Are Terrible for Society” by mynameisash on Monday August 07, 2023 @05:39PM (#37041334)
As has been discussed ad nauseum elsewhere, electric vehicles aren't appreciably more heavy than other commuter vehicles, especially given that damage to roads is non-linear. And as for them not using gas -- that's why taxing carbon would handle it. If electricity comes from natural gas or coal, then you pay tax on the electricity accordingly.