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Paris parking charges triple for heavy cars

Casati · 2024-02-06 16:29:34

In the news today - and generally referred to SUV parking costs, but in reality its a move that could significantly make heavy cars less attractive - 1600kgs for petrol/ diesels and 2000kgs for ev's is the cut off- above that parking charges could be 18 euro per hour. Won't impact the farmer who needs a proper suv for…

06-02-2024 5:29pm

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https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/05/climate/paris-suvs-parking-charges-triple-climate-intl/index.html
In the news today - and generally referred to SUV parking costs, but in reality its a move that could significantly make heavy cars less attractive - 1600kgs for petrol/ diesels and 2000kgs for ev's is the cut off- above that parking charges could be 18 euro per hour.
Won't impact the farmer who needs a proper suv for towing, but it could cut down on the likes of the X6 or Q8 on the school runs.
Could we expect to see similar in Ireland?

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#2 06-02-2024 5:31pm

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Worth pointing out that the rule doesn't actually affect Paris city residents - only people who drive there from outside.

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#3 06-02-2024 5:46pm

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Workers in the city and residents are exempt. Hence they didn’t vote on its implementation either. I heard.

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