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.
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).
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.
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.
