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Australia’s roads are full of giant cars, and everyone pays the price. What can be done? (theconversation.com)
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[–] Tenderizer@aussie.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

People are surprisingly unkeen on tracking in their car. So kilometers driven wouldn't work.

I'd say just go with a fee based on the weight of the vehicle, exponential of course. We need fewer heavy cars, fewer kilometers driven will be a side effect. And as a bonus effect maybe I'd be able to buy an EV without a range that's 8 times what I actually need.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Have you actually driven outside the city here? I need the 400km my EV has to get between capital cities

[–] Tenderizer@aussie.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Why would you drive between capital cities? There's public transport for that.

I need to drive from the bush into the nearby major town and back again. 50km round trip.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I'm on a visit to the wine region around Adelaide, and am staying in Willunga. The trips I'm doing need a car, and the timing would be similar and the cost higher if I had flown to Adelaide and hired a car for the month

And I couldn't have seen the painted silos had I flown

And I couldn't have seen the sights of the great ocean road had I flown

And road trips in an EV are quite nice.

You can make good savings by not having a car at all, but that's not possible outside Sydney and Melbourne and probably Hobart

[–] Tenderizer@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

So I should spend more money and natural resources on an overpowered EV so I can save a little bit of money on a wine tour?

Also, I'd just take the bus or train. I wouldn't really fly domestically because planes suck.

[–] ddiluted1@mastodon.au 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

@psud @Tenderizer guess you're not driving to Perth anytime soon then?

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

I don't think there are chargers close enough together across the Nullarbor. Darwin is also hard

[–] Tenderizer@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

No I'm not. I'd take a bus or train if I were going interstate.

[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

Odometer reading is a relatively unobtrusive metadatum.

It is recorded when the vehicle is serviced so it is already in someone’s database.

If kms travelled had to be reported annually at the time of registration, no-one will complain (except sov-shit cookers, and they don’t pay rego anyway).