China Car-Tracking Scheme Could Allow Higher Fuel Prices For Gas-Guzzling Cars (thestack.com)

Posted by timothy on Wednesday March 9, 2016 @05:55AM from the more-for-you-less-for-him dept.

An anonymous reader writes: In the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, traditionally a test-bed for nationwide infrastructure and technology schemes, 200,000 vehicles have been experimentally hooked into a real-time traffic-monitoring system based on RFID and roadside monitoring stations. China's state-owned Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASC) claims that such intense monitoring will be necessary for the driverless cars of the future, and to foil license-plate forgeries. On Monday the general manager of Chinese auto manufacturer Great Wall Motor suggested that a monitoring scheme of such scope could also be used to introduce a wide range of usage-based levies, and to easily ensure that less efficient cars could be charged more for fuel at gas stations.

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License-plate forgeries by DigiShaman · 2016-03-09 06:12 · Score: 5, Interesting

For those that aren't aware: the license plate can cost more than the car itself; hence the forgeries.

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Re:Stating the obvious by fatboy · 2016-03-09 06:22 · Score: 2, Interesting

NO, they are paying the same prize, just buying more of it...
I didn't not realize you get a volume discount for fuel. Is that what you are insinuating? Otherwise, your price per mile traveled is higher for vehicles that have lower MPG.

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