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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
Not even a displacement-biased taxation scheme, such as what applies to Brazil, the European Union and Japan for example, would be guaranteed to decrease fuel consumption due to the American market favoring commercial vehicles that are often exempted from such regulations or less affected by them in order to not cause too much disruption to the economy.
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That is not true. HD vehicle have fuel economy standards just like cars and they are steady increasing. The USA also has specific taxes for commercial vehicles that don't apply to personal vehicles. At the federal level:
- A 12% excise tax on the purchase of a new commercial vehicle
- Tire taxes that average $25 per tire
- A year use tax that is between $100 to $550 per year depending on weight
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At the state level there are more. For example here in Oregon commercial vehicles have a weight - mile tax. It varies from 6.5 cents per mile for a 26,000 lb vehicle to 21.5 cents per mile for a 78,000 lb vehicle.