silence7@slrpnk.net to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 16 天前US House Unveiled Plan to Charge $130 [Yearly] Fee for Electric Vehicleswww.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square79linkfedilinkarrow-up1208arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1204arrow-down1external-linkUS House Unveiled Plan to Charge $130 [Yearly] Fee for Electric Vehicleswww.bloomberg.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 16 天前message-square79linkfedilinkfile-text
This is more than the average fossil car owner pays in gas taxes, and really bad policy during a world fuel shortage.
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up84arrow-down2·16 天前This is absolutely, completely pants-on-head idiotic. So, par for the course for Congress.
minus-squareChicoSuave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·15 天前Par for a paid Congress. It wasn’t like this and never was directly corrupt as the right has become.
minus-squareflandish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·15 天前it’s been like this forever. just varying levels of “depth” of course, but yeah… congress has been purchasable since say 1776 or so.
minus-squareNollij@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·15 天前Not idiotic. Malicious. They know exactly what they’re doing on this.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 天前UK is doing the same thing. Well over US$200/yr. Flat fee.
minus-squareAlex@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 天前Are you talking about Vehicle Excise Duty? All cars pay that although at various rates, the more CO2/km attracts higher rates, going far above what the EVs pay.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 天前Yes, VED…how much C02/km does an EV make?
This is absolutely, completely pants-on-head idiotic.
So, par for the course for Congress.
Par for a paid Congress. It wasn’t like this and never was directly corrupt as the right has become.
it’s been like this forever. just varying levels of “depth” of course, but yeah… congress has been purchasable since say 1776 or so.
Not idiotic. Malicious. They know exactly what they’re doing on this.
UK is doing the same thing. Well over US$200/yr. Flat fee.
Are you talking about Vehicle Excise Duty? All cars pay that although at various rates, the more CO2/km attracts higher rates, going far above what the EVs pay.
Yes, VED…how much C02/km does an EV make?