This is not about ICE vs EV, this is about big vs small. Opulent vs necessary. Like the mayor is quoted saying in the article: It's about "very expensive cars, driven by people who today have not yet made the changes to their behaviour that have to be made". Heavy cars pollute more with their tires and brakes. That is why even heavy electric cars are affected.

> A 2 ton Model Y produces much less pollution than an ICE compact car.

Because a 1.5t Zoe pollutes even less :P We can argue about the cut-off line, but it'll be arbitrary - the only thing for certain is that the mayor seems to agree with the sentiment.

Your detective powers have revealed my inner secret. I don't like big cars...

Because they care bad for the environment. Because they take up a lot of space. Because they are unsafe, especially for others.

Tire and road particles are quite serious. You are correct that an ICE car is worse, and yes in a perfect world we'd ban them entirely. But there are many reasons for why that is difficult. Paying a small tax for extravagant vehicles for the greater good of a community is not a problem.

If anything 2 tons is way too much. We need more incentives to make light vehicles. Not just deterrents for way too big cars.

Because heavy electric cars still pollute more than light electric cars through tire and brake particles. Taxing by size would be neat, but I understand that that would make the calculation even more complicated.