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I mean, I'm firmly in the pro-EV camp, but how the fuck are lower-class people not rioting in the streets daily? 3.6k a year just because you're too poor to afford a new 40k+ vehicle, and that on top of inflation and Brexit aftereffects? That's frankly insane.

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They're not rioting because that's probably just a rumor and rumors are a dime a dozen billion (they used to be a "dime a dozen" back when we didn't have the internet, spam bots and GenAI).

I'm not sure how you could misconstrue legislation for rumors...

Awesome, you managed to reply to my comment and yet not post a single link to the 5-6 comments calling you out for not providing a source.

Edit:

I've found your link. It taxes gasoline cars older than 2006 (so 18+ years old) and diesel cars older than 2018 (so 6 years old). Which is super fair since those emit a ton of particulates, why should drivers be able to poison local residents for free?

There's no mention of an outright ban for ICE cars.

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/sustainability/105032/eu-votes...

Ban selling new gas vehicles is 2035.

My original comment was the state mandates/tax legislation maybe significant contribute to sales.

Have you read the entire context behind this? Some of the biggest proponents of this are... VW, BMW, etc.

> It taxes gasoline cars older than 2006 (so 18+ years old) and diesel cars older than 2018 (so 6 years old).

Well, very few people drive such old gasoline cars (outside of historic car collectors)... but a 6-12 year old diesel? Many people drive these.

Yeah, but it's not their fault that most of the companies selling diesel cars lied and are continuing to lie about their emissions.

The EU is especially failing on this front, VW should have been caught year before it was.

They're not rioting because it's not true

Well it currently doesn't cover all of EU. However that is a great question. I think there is going to be conflict between Urban versus rural communities with socioeconomics as these types of zones continue to expand.

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