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As M. Greenbank said, it's just incentivising lower polluting cars. Sound policy
Nissan Qashqai (142g CO2/km)
France €1,172
Netherlands €8,770
UK €294
Lebowski-
As M. Greenbank said, it's just incentivising lower polluting cars. Sound policy
Dunno. I kind of feel that if the cars really are that gross (and are they any more gross than say other types of conspicuous consumption like frequent long distance air travel / super motorbikes / lambos / bitcoin etc?) they should be regulated out completely. Going nuts on the tax on them is icky. Looks like a cash grab, not a policy implementation.
Ultimately it's not going to get folks out of cars, so I'm not sure why we'd be cheering it.
Howard
I saw that too.
To check my understanding, when I buy a €80k bmw x5 then:
France = €120k
NL = €113k
UK = €82k
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I mean I'm all for taxing the fuckers, but closing on 100% tax seems a bit mental.