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More than 1m cars sold in UK each year too big to fit typical parking space
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 04 Apr 2025
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I really don’t get why people like to buy such huge gas guzzlers and somehow those are the people I hear complain about gas prices the most
We should really just have EU law that over a certain size requires a new license that isn’t automatically given to people that have one now.
I reckon doing what Norway does and just tax them by the weight of the vehicle to to discourage people buying them while alps making those that do pay for the extra wear and tear in the roads they cause.
Sadly this does discourage EV growth which I do think still should continue instead of having fuel cars. I'd love if air quality would go up again.
If you tax them the same as gasoline, sure. In the Netherlands, there are so many huge EVs, and I think that's partially because all EVs, large or small, weren't taxed. We made a distinction between gasoline and diesel for tax, no reason we can't do that with EVs.