[foxyv]

Cars are expensive. Roads, charging infrastructure, gas stations, traffic enforcement, and parking all cost monstrous amounts of money. Registration fees don't even cover the cost of road maintenance much less everything else.

[pchangr]

Car culture is expensive. All those costs can be greatly reduced by a working public transport and more walkable cities

[foxyv]

Not to mention the health costs, pollution, property damage, and other externalities...