Electric cars face 'punitive' fees, new restrictions in many states
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A growing number of conservative states are imposing new taxes on drivers using electric vehicle charging stations and trying to limit EV sales.

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  • PunnyName@lemmy.world
    4110·
    1 year ago

    Can we just invest in public transit while taxing the fuck out of personal vehicles as well as cease subsiding oil, ffs?

            • PunnyName@lemmy.world
              22·
              1 year ago

              Original commenter here:

              We need the vast majority of personal vehicles to be phased out, please.

              Obviously, electric vehicles are a stop-gap, but they’re also part of the problem.

        • vagrantprodigy@lemmy.whynotdrs.orgEnglish
          61·
          1 year ago

          Public transit isn’t feasible is many rural areas. I know you don’t like it, but that’s reality. Sending a bus 20 miles down a road in the hopes that one of 4 people on it want to ride on the bus just doesn’t make sense.

          • MNByChoice@midwest.social
            3·
            1 year ago

            Sending a bus 20 miles down a road in the hopes that one of 4 people on it want to ride on the bus just doesn’t make sense.

            Super true. I am disappointed bus systems have not started an on-demand system. Uber/Lyft showed what an app could do for transportation. Add physical call buttons at stops, or something, for those without mobile phones.

            I would ride the bus more if it went where I need to go.

            • vagrantprodigy@lemmy.whynotdrs.orgEnglish
              31·
              1 year ago

              What kind of public transit that exists in reality can cover that situation? The answer is none. We can wish and hope for all kinds of things, but for the moment, reality exists.

                  • PunnyName@lemmy.world
                    12·
                    1 year ago

                    Okay. How about:

                    • High speed rail between major metros.
                    • Trams / light rail from major metros to nearby suburbia / rural towns.
                    • Suburbia / rural towns also implement those same trams / light rail.

                    •• Walkable cities / towns, with emphasis on bus / bike / light rail transit, slowing traffic.
                    •• High density living with mixed zoning to minimize sprawl.
                    •• Use of large tracts of land as parks and other third spaces.

                    I’m sure there’s more, but that’s off the top of my head.

                    Edit: oh, and instead of following up with “tHis WoN’t wORk”, please offer solutions. That generally goes over better than just complaining.