• BombOmOm@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Every mile an EV drives is already taxed as we already tax electricity consumption. There is no reason to add a tax for something already taxed.

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      9 months ago

      That depends on if the tax is sufficient to cover the societal costs of driving that mile or not. Not every use of electricity degrades public infrastructure to the same extent, so if the maintenance burden an EV adds is more than what the electricity tax brings in, then additional taxes to make up the difference would make sense.