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Originally Posted by twitchyzero
pfft only 1.5c?
why not 15c or 150c hike
BC gov't don't be so spineless
but seriously this is much easier for families to swallow than tolls? i'm assuming the average vehicle does 20mpg 800km/mo? anyone have the local stats for that? either way is it safe to say 99% of the motorists won't even blink an eye even if they didn't publicly reveal it?
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Average vehicle gets way more than 20 mpg.
Let's say we're looking at 10-year-old cars:
Top 40 Best-Selling Vehicles In Canada ? 2008 Year End | GCBC
And the average driving distance is 15153 km:
Canadian Vehicle Survey 2008 Update Report
Using a 55% City/45% highway split, as per Transport Canada's and NHTSA's ratings with the base engine and automatic transmission and fuel economy information from fueleconomy.gov
Civic: 8.1 L/100 km
F150: 14.7 L/100 km
Corolla: 8.1 L/100 km
Mazda 3: 9.0 L/100 km
Ram 1500: 14.7 L/100 km
Yaris: 7.6 L/100 km
Caravan: 12.4 L/100 km
Silverado: 13.8 L/100 km
Sierra: 13.8 L/100 km
Cobalt: 9.0 L/100 km
Escape: 10.7 L/100 km
Accent: 8.4 L/100 km
G5: 9.0 L/100 km
Camry: 9.4 L/100 km
Ranger: 11.2 L/100 km
Focus: 8.4 L/100 km
Matrix: 8.7 L/100 km
Accord: 9.8 L/100 km
Versa: 8.7 L/100 km
RAV4: 9.8 L/100 km
CR-V: 10.2 L/100 km
Caliber: 9.8 L/100 km
Malibu: 9.4 L/100 km
Vibe: 8.7 L/100 km
Rabbit: 9.8 L/100 km
Altima: 9.0 L/100 km
Uplander: 12.4 L/100 km
Montana: 12.4 L/100 km
Impala: 10.7 L/100 km
Fit: 7.8 L/100 km
Santa Fe: 11.8 L/100 km
Jetta: 9.8 L/100 km
Patriot: 9.8 L/100 km
G6: 9.4 L/100 km
Fusion: 10.2 L/100 km
Rogue: 9.8 L/100 km
Wrangler: 13.8 L/100 km
Equinox: 12.4 L/100 km
Mazda 5: 10.2 L/100 km
Edge: 12.4 L/100 km
The Top 40 2008 model year vehicles had a combined 2008 sales of 1,024,031, a combined total driving distance of 15,517,141,743 km/year, and a combined fuel consumption of 1,615,963,137 L/year, which works out to an average of 10.4 L/100 km (22.6 MPG) and an average of 1578 L/year in fuel consumption.
1.5 cents/L on 1578 L = $23.67/year
Now, that's 2008 (first year of CAFE standards) and without ANY hybrid or EV models on the list and I'd hazard a guess that most vehicles on the road are probably somewhere between 5-10 years old in the Lower Mainland/Vancouver Island.