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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

You can get all kinds of small EVs in the UK at least: Mini, Renault 5, Fiat Panda, among others, as well as the relatively shitty Vauxhall Corsa. Toyota made a bet on hydrogen engines instead of EVs, so that electric Yaris might take a while to materialize.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Forget about the housing. If the cost of personal-car commuting were to skyrocket, people would naturally gravitate to be near transit hubs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago

Cyclists will be thankful that they're being killed by electric SUVs, not petrol SUVs.

I’m also for a usage based tax, after x Liters of fuel you pay more taxes (on a yearly basis)

That'd require a tachygraph or intrusive surveillance of road use. Taxing vehicle dimensions and weight is much simple.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

A large percentage of microplastics come from car tyres.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Not all EVs are bloated SUVs.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 hours ago

Road damage goes up proportionally to the 4th power of vehicle weight: double the weight, 16 times the damage. Vehicle tax should include that as a component. That also indicates that we massively subsidise the use of huge lorries to transport goods.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 hours ago

Vehicle tax should be doubled for any such monstrosity. They also block visibility on the roads and are a hazard to cyclists and pedestrians.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

Most of that blood was on Gillibrand's hands.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 hours ago

Yep, it was an ineffectual stunt.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago

One of Trump's favorite shitty moves is directing the Secret Service not to protect you.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

What makes you think people want it at all?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

The short drop will do just fine.

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