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Just get a smaller car, pal! (lemmy.wtf)

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[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

reducing car dependence is another thing as well, though i think it's probably good we focus on this specific problem more so at the moment, as a lot of that infrastructure is simply going to take time to mature.

a tax on vehicle weight would be a good one though.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

a lot of that infrastructure is simply going to take time to mature.

Absolutely. But it will definitely help, and long term solutions are important solutions.

a tax on vehicle weight would be a good one though.

Also absolutely, though a straight weigh based tax may not be a great idea, as EVs are significantly heavier. So without taking that into account, it would largely be a tax on EVs. Given the current climate situation, that's the wrong move.

From what I've seen in practice, it seems like most vehicle weight taxes do take this into account.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Absolutely. But it will definitely help, and long term solutions are important solutions.

yeah obviously. I think it's important to engage in both long term, and short term solutions however.

Also absolutely, though a straight weigh based tax may not be a great idea, as EVs are significantly heavier. So without taking that into account, it would largely be a tax on EVs. Given the current climate situation, that’s the wrong move.

i mean, EV's are just heavier, which means they're going to put more wear on the road. Regardless a smaller EV should still be relatively comparable to a moderately larger ICE vehicle. And we also expect EV batteries to get lighter over time, especially if you include solidstate battery tech.

Although maybe EVs should get a tax credit in this regard, since they're yknow, EVs.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

i mean, EV’s are just heavier, which means they’re going to put more wear on the road. Regardless a smaller EV should still be relatively comparable to a moderately larger ICE vehicle. And we also expect EV batteries to get lighter over time, especially if you include solidstate battery tech.

Agreed.

Although maybe EVs should get a tax credit in this regard, since they’re yknow, EVs.

Personally, I'm against tax credits on a conceptual basis. They complicate the tax code. Taxes should be simple, quick, and easy. Tacking on extra tax credits just makes an already horrendous system worse. Either give a citizen a check automatically, directly subsidize individual sales.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

yeah, im not a huge fan of how complicated it is either, but at the end of the day unless we do a complete ground up overhaul of the tax system which i am for, not much is going to happen.