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Taxing vehicles by weight is an interesting solution. I feel like it'd have to be non-linear, though. Start at like 0 tax owed at 2500 pounds and go up from there.
While I agree in principle, this does pose a problem for electric vehicles with their heavy battery packs.
Road taxes where I live (Netherlands) are already based on the car weight and also on type of fuel. Electric cars are exempt from road taxes, for now.