[ObeyTheNumbers]

Lyft-backed plan to fund electric cars flops in California

California voters rejected Proposition 30, a Lyft-backed measure, that would have taxed some residents to subsidize EV purchases for others.

techcrunch.com

Proposition 30 would have taxed residents making more than $2 million a year to subsidize electric cars and public charging stations as well as funded wildfire prevention programs. Even with just 41% of the votes tallied so far, the defeat was clear. As of Wednesday afternoon, some 59% of voters rejected the proposition

Prop. 30’s primary backer was Lyft, which paid more than $48 million to support the would-be wealth tax. The measure’s opponents — which included Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom and venture capitalists Michael Moritz and Ron Conway — cast Prop. 30 as a “Lyft grift,” calling it a “scheme to further line the pockets of Silicon Valley tech billionaires.”

 

[Buckiemohawk]

Lyft is already charging customers what it cost in a taxi in my area and then trying to pay the driver 6 dollars on that ride