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minus-squarefpslem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoTaxing vehicles by gross vehicle weight and miles traveled is probably a good strategy, as more vehicles are BEV and the meager gas taxes in North America fall farther behind compared to escalating road maintenance costs.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoThis would be great for EVs, because fair is fair politicians would stop trying to charge excessively more people would realize the full sized pickups are more of a problem than EV s if it encourages lighter EVs, that’s great!
minus-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months ago and miles traveled As long as it is odometer readings and not GPS tracking
Taxing vehicles by gross vehicle weight and miles traveled is probably a good strategy, as more vehicles are BEV and the meager gas taxes in North America fall farther behind compared to escalating road maintenance costs.
This would be great for EVs, because
As long as it is odometer readings and not GPS tracking