▲ 191 ▼ [article] EU cave in on vehicle trade rules will cost European lives as US pick-up trucks flood into Europe (www.transportenvironment.org) submitted 11 months ago* by grabonex@lemmy.ml to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world 28 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 39 points 11 months ago (1 child) Bring in vehicle weight, vehicle displacement, and engine displacement annual fees at the same time. Want an asshole vehicle? Fine, pay extra for your externalities of a heavy vehicle, large engine, and/or large vehicle. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stankbucket@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) Isn't that already handled by fuel taxes? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago Hard to say, I don't know how EU ETD minimums and individual member states works. That also wouldn't cover any externality costs from something like a heavy or large EV. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stankbucket@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) Isn't that already handled by fuel taxes? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago Hard to say, I don't know how EU ETD minimums and individual member states works. That also wouldn't cover any externality costs from something like a heavy or large EV. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago Hard to say, I don't know how EU ETD minimums and individual member states works. That also wouldn't cover any externality costs from something like a heavy or large EV. permalink fedilink source parent