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This is more than the average fossil car owner pays in gas taxes, and really bad policy during a world fuel shortage.

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    49·
    1 day ago

    If it were pitched as an excise tax for all motor vehicle owners: sure.

    This is specifically targeted on EVs. It’s an attempt to make EVs slightly less appetizing to the general public. Remember who is in charge of the house at the moment.

    • SoupBrick@pawb.social
      131·
      1 day ago

      I believe that it was def a handout to gas and auto companies, but there is not currently a way that EVs are contributing to the public roads in the same way as gas taxes, right?

      Edit: Looks like some states do have an annual fee for EVs already.

        • SoupBrick@pawb.social
          7·
          1 day ago

          It looks like there is a charging tax in very few states, but it has problems.

          https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/electric-vehicle-ev-taxes/

          Another response by states to backfill reductions in gas tax collections has been to implement a tax on EV charging stations. States like Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, and Oklahoma impose a tax per kilowatt-hour distributed by charging stations. While this added user fee may help equalize treatment between combustion engines and EVs, because many users charge their EVs at home, these taxes can fail to fully account for EV road use.

          • noodles@slrpnk.net
            6·
            1 day ago

            The registration fees in your link are all annual registrations, not one-time events, which is in line with what I’ve experienced and heard about. In my state it’s roughly equivalent to driving 15k miles/year in a 30 mpg average gas vehicle or 10k miles/year in a 20 mpg vehicle.