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Hmm not sure how I feel about this.
On the one hand I think it's absolutely insane to have a tax that applies exclusively to low emission vehicles. We should be subsidising those cars, not taxing them!
But on the other hand, I've long thought a tax on kilometres driven is far better than the way we currently tax vehicle use so it's a little sad to see a fundamentally good idea shot down because it was poorly implemented.
The fuel excise is already sort-of meant to be a tax on km driven. Buy more fuel, pay more tax. So I can see where the government is coming from.
But yeah, I also think we need to make low emission vehicles more attractive. The upfront cost prices out too many prospective buyers. You basically need to also own your own home and have solar panels installed to really get the best out of them.
I wonder whether the people who drive the most statistically are the people who buy electric vehicles. I suspect they aren't.
The fuel tax is at a federal level which is why it's allowed. We just need the federal government to eventually institute something or get states to collect it.