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by sumoboy 1044 days ago
Charge extra for EV, they shouldn't be excluded either. A Telsa plaid weighs in at nearly 5000 lbs. In the US there are tax benefits to having a car weighing over 6000 lbs like giant SUV's.
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I am not excluding EV. I am saying "tax by weight regardless of powertrain and slap an extra charge on top of it if it is an ICE"
Why slap additional charge on top if it is ICE? Some ICE cars emit less CO2 over their lifetime than EVs, especially when driven only in city, on short distances, in which case the lower CO2 emissions from driving don't offset much higher manufacturing emissions of EV. Also ICE cars cause less pollution from tire wear.
Because we don't enact policy based on "some" cases and it's not just about CO2, we want to stop depending on fossil fuels.

> especially when driven only in city, on short distances

In the city and for short distances, cars could/should be banned outright, and force the US to transition to multi-mode and increased adoption of public transit.