alt Hacker NewsAnother problem is that fuel taxes are a reasonably equitable means of paying for the roads, and EVs don't have that -- the closest would be vehicle miles * weight or some such.
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DangitBobby • today at 12:59 AM
Fuel taxes don't seem to take into account the quartic scaling of damage by vehicle weight on pavement.
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Equivalents of fuel taxes for EVs have been announced recently - charging directly on a per mile basis.
> The rate of tax will be 3 pence per mile for fully electric cars; this is around half of the 6 pence per mile the average petrol or diesel driver pays in fuel duty.
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-...