In Finland, the owners of electric vehicles are not liable for either the fuel or vehicle tax. Markus Lohi and Eeva Kalli of the Centre Party believe that, as the electrification of transport continues, also electric vehicle owners should chip in to cover the costs of maintaining the transport infrastructure.
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The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) on Tuesday unveiled an updated version of an online calculator for comparing the costs and emissions of different types of cars. The calculator reveals that cumulative emissions from an electric vehicle are lower than those from a fuel-powered one after roughly two-and-a-half years of use.
Active modes (walking, bicycling and their variants) and micromodes (e-bikes and e-scooters) can provide large climate emission reductions and other important benefits, if we let them. Small modes are important but often undercounted and undervalued.