$130 a year per EV tax being debated now for EVs to contribute to road repair like ice vehicles do via taxes.
$35 for some PHEV vehicles
$35 for some PHEV vehicles
EV "gas tax" coming soon?
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EV's and plug-in hybrids are being seen as a tax cash-cow by some. The state of North Carolina already charges an annual tax of $214.50 for EV's and $107.25 annually for plug-in Hybrids. According to the article above the House wants to impose another $130 for plug-in hybrids, with proposed federal increases to $150 for EV's and $50 for plug-in hybrids, yet the average gas powered vehicle is only paying $88 per year in gas taxes?
The right thing to do would be to impose the same tax on EV's and plug-in hybrids, as the average ICE vehicle pays in gas taxes.
The right thing to do would be to impose the same tax on EV's and plug-in hybrids, as the average ICE vehicle pays in gas taxes.
Michigan's annual vehicle registration costs me an additional $113 per year for my Clarity PHEV, regardless of how much it's driven. For my electric MINI Cooper SE, my registration costs an additional $267 per year, regardless of how much it's driven. Michigan also has a 6% sales tax on public fast charging. Now the feds want to further discourage EVs?
An ICE vehicle pays gas taxes based on the number of miles they drive. Should an EV or PHEV driven 10 miles per year pay same the gas make-up tax as one driven 100,000 miles per year?
An ICE vehicle pays gas taxes based on the number of miles they drive. Should an EV or PHEV driven 10 miles per year pay same the gas make-up tax as one driven 100,000 miles per year?
Excellent point although assuming the goal of these taxes are to actually maintain roads and not for political agendas, the same can be equally said for ICE, EV, or Hybrid vehicles. The less vehicle is driven, the less damage occurs to the roads requiring less need for road repairs, and the less road taxes should be required, and of course the reverse is also true. And what currently occurs with an ICE vehicles, if they are 100,000 miles per year that vehicle is paying a proportionally higher road repair tax (compared to a vehicle that isn't driven most of the year). Road repair taxes should be able to be equally levied though either gas pumps, EV charging systems, or home electrical usage, as a factor of actual vehicle usage. Ah, if only life were fair.
Excellent point although assuming the goal of these taxes are to actually maintain roads and not for political agendas, the same can be equally said for ICE, EV, or Hybrid vehicles. The less vehicle is driven, the less damage occurs to the roads requiring less need for road repairs, and the less road taxes should be required, and of course the reverse is also true. And what currently occurs with an ICE vehicles, if they are 100,000 miles per year that vehicle is paying a proportionally higher road repair tax (compared to a vehicle that isn't driven most of the year). Road repair taxes should be able to be equally levied though either gas pumps, EV charging systems, or home electrical usage, as a factor of actual vehicle usage. Ah, if only life were fair.
Personally, kill all gas taxes and use tag fees to fund road projects. Scale by vehicle gross weight.
Bob Wilson
Bob Wilson
Big rigs do a tremendous amount of damage with their 10,000 lb axle loads on the roadways and the fees they pay to not begin to compensate for this. It also costs literally 17x per mile of highway to make them strong enough to support the loads of the big rigs. Going from a 1 ton axle to a 5 ton axle will do 625 times more damage to the road surface.
There is a section of highway that runs parallel to the state highway 101 in northern California that seldom has heavy trucks on it and so it can go decades without need of resurfacing or repairs. Around industrial facilities one can see from the damage done which side has the fully loaded trucks leaving a plant and which side has the empty trucks going to the plant.
The oil industry will say anything to discourage the use of ICE vehicles as they threaten these companies rapacious profits and continue contribution to global warming and climate change and to the health of the people who are forced to breathe the exhaust from these engines.