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Comment on Tesla's European car sales nosedive for fifth month as customers switch to Chinese EVs

random_character_a@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

My government just added a controversial extra tax on EVs because they tear up the roads and cause additional particles, because they are really heavy and most of them have a better than usual torque.

You can really see how road quality went to shit after EVs became mainstream.

Making batteries is also a really ugly business and far from environmental.

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orclev@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
That is not even remotely why they added a tax on EVs. The reason they added the extra tax is because they make a ton of money by taxing gas and as EVs are gaining popularity they’re starting to see their tax revenues plummet. There is a nugget of truth in that some of those tax revenues are used to pay for maintaining the roads and that EVs do still put wear and tear on the roads, but it’s not that they’re destroying roads any more than any other car does.

If you’re seeing a drop in road quality it’s because your government isn’t paying to have the roads maintained like they have in the past, not because there are more EVs driving around.

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- random_character_a@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  *Puts on Rammstein - Amerika
  
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BakerBagel@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I live in an area where half the vehicles on the road are pickup trucks and giant SUV’S. A KIA EV2 isn’t doing any added harm to the roads here.

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Grimy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I can’t find anything on such a tax?

I feel like there has been an uptick in pro oil bots in the past week. Oil is a pretty ugly business too? What is wrong with you people.

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- random_character_a@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Piip piip boop boop.
  
  Evil nordic bot coming at you.
  
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- random_character_a@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Bio gas and diesel is also renewable.
  
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  - Grimy@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    If you are a moron, ya, it is.
    
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    random_character_a@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    With average EU energy mix total carbon footprint of a biogas car is still only 3/4 of an equivalent electric vehicle after 10 years of use.
    
    Additional weight of the vehicle and the costly battery production matters.
    
    With average US east coast energy mix the EVs carbon footprint would be double that of a biogas car after 10 years of use.
    
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