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Road safety experts propose levy on SUVs in city to curb rising Victorian road deaths
(www.theguardian.com)
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The incentive needs to be towards the lightest possible vehicles, albeit perhaps with some allowance made for the substantial additional weight of current EVs so as not to kill off uptake, and they’ll need to be substantial.
We’re in a market where almost everything is an SUV. There are manufacturer line ups and whole sectors that are little else. A levy will be ineffective at changing buying patterns.