<story><title>France to Raise Pollution Tax on SUVs and Trucks to €22k</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-20/france-sharpens-offensive-against-suvs-by-raising-penalties</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>twblalock</author><text>If you want to tax pollution, tax fuel consumption or actual tailpipe emissions, not a broad class of vehicles.&lt;p&gt;Which emits more -- a small family SUV or a BMW M3?&lt;p&gt;Governments have taxed vehicles based on weight, width, engine displacement, etc. -- and the automakers adapt. It&amp;#x27;s very easy to game the system. Just tax vehicles on a model-by-model basis on the fuel they actually use, and on what they actually emit.</text></comment>
<story><title>France to Raise Pollution Tax on SUVs and Trucks to €22k</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-20/france-sharpens-offensive-against-suvs-by-raising-penalties</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rcMgD2BwE72F</author><text>And yet, the most popular French SUV won&amp;#x27;t be a taxed a single € as part of this super malus (Peugeot 3008 and 5008).&lt;p&gt;Thus tax increase will impact far less than 1% if the sales. It&amp;#x27;s all PR, nothing concrete.</text></comment>