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Taxing the Weight of EV Batteries Would Be a Real Green Solution
07 Feb 2023 | Abstracted from Bloomberg Law
"...making sure EV credits are available for crossover vehicles seems to be the trend rather than incentivizing the smallest vehicle...a consumer will accept...
"If you imagine a battery as a costly resource, it makes sense that distributing that resource across a bunch of smaller conveyances so more people can get to work is better...revenue raised by a battery weight tax could help pay for critical charging infrastructure and block grants for advancing battery technology."
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