Taxing the Weight of EV Batteries Would Be a Real Green Solution

07 Feb 2023 | Abstracted from Bloomberg Law

"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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