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minus-squarefpslem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day 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-up2·17 hours 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!
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