It has been needed since the prius became popular…
You can get some extreme efficiencies for vehicles now. It is quite unfair on those who cannot afford the latest in tech to be paying the highest road maintenance tax.
The latest corolla gets 3.8l/100. If you are driving an equivalent one from the early 2000’s you are not going to be doing much better than 10l/100. So a person that can’t afford a new car is paying ~2.5x the maintenance tax.
I don’t think the gap is quite that big, unless you’re driving exclusively in heavy traffic, I’d expect somewhere in the 7l/100km range for an old corolla.
In stop and go traffic, the difference could well be double in the older vehicle though.
Agreed.
It has been needed since the prius became popular…
You can get some extreme efficiencies for vehicles now. It is quite unfair on those who cannot afford the latest in tech to be paying the highest road maintenance tax.
The latest corolla gets 3.8l/100. If you are driving an equivalent one from the early 2000’s you are not going to be doing much better than 10l/100. So a person that can’t afford a new car is paying ~2.5x the maintenance tax.
I don’t think the gap is quite that big, unless you’re driving exclusively in heavy traffic, I’d expect somewhere in the 7l/100km range for an old corolla.
In stop and go traffic, the difference could well be double in the older vehicle though.