The prices will apply to vehicles weighing more than 1.6 tonnes with a combustion engine or hybrid vehicles, and more than 2 tonnes for electric vehicles.
Bmw x2 xDrive25e is a hybrid weighing 1800kg.
Bmw x2 sDrive18i is a petrol weighing 1500kg.
Both have exactly the same petrol engine. The plugin hybrid car, despite being cleaner, falls under the new parking law while the pure petrol one does not. Seems like they didn’t thought this through, and it is (again) bullshit to do this in the name of climate. They just want money.
Heavier cars cause more wear and tear on the road, increasing the road maintenance costs. They also have larger tires. Tire dust is a large component of microplastics.
Your one specific example is not the “gotcha” you think it is. Larger vehicles use more energy. That’s just physics.
You missed the part where it says 2 ton for full electric?
More heavy electric cars with their instant torque and very high torque values tear up the road and its tyres more than the petrol variant.
You can’t make an overly specific limit or car makers would adjust the specs just enough to pass the check.
If they had an exception or higher weight for hybrids, then SUVs like the Jeep renegade “hybrid” with their tiny 800 wh batteries would abuse the higher weight limit
Bmw x2 xDrive25e is a hybrid weighing 1800kg.
Bmw x2 sDrive18i is a petrol weighing 1500kg.
Both have exactly the same petrol engine. The plugin hybrid car, despite being cleaner, falls under the new parking law while the pure petrol one does not. Seems like they didn’t thought this through, and it is (again) bullshit to do this in the name of climate. They just want money.
Heavier cars cause more wear and tear on the road, increasing the road maintenance costs. They also have larger tires. Tire dust is a large component of microplastics.
Your one specific example is not the “gotcha” you think it is. Larger vehicles use more energy. That’s just physics.
You missed the part where it says 2 ton for full electric? More heavy electric cars with their instant torque and very high torque values tear up the road and its tyres more than the petrol variant.
You can’t make an overly specific limit or car makers would adjust the specs just enough to pass the check.
If they had an exception or higher weight for hybrids, then SUVs like the Jeep renegade “hybrid” with their tiny 800 wh batteries would abuse the higher weight limit
True but you can’t deny by my example that people who invested in a more environmental friendly car are are punished for it.