4 ms·
That's fair I didn't think about EVs. For now their adoption rate is low enough that Gas Taxes are still a decent stand in (~2-4% it sounds like with quick goog
by acton10 8y ago
That's fair I didn't think about EVs. For now their adoption rate is low enough that Gas Taxes are still a decent stand in (~2-4% it sounds like with quick googling). https://bnef.turtl.co/story/evo2018?teaser=true https://bnef.turtl.co/story/evo2018?teaser=true
In the future though it probably will be a bigger problem. I suppose you could add similar sales taxes to public paid charging stations, but without separately metering home charging you'll probably still miss the bulk of EV users. Either the separate metering or a mileage reporting/road tax seem like they could fairly account for EV usage though.
- greeneggs 8y agoThis link says that in 2017 EVs accounted for 1.2% of the US auto market in sales numbers [1]. (But half EV sales are in California, so elsewhere the numbers are even worse.) In 1987, US average fuel economy was 22.0mpg. In 2018, it was 24.9mpg [2]. A 13% improvement in 31 years. The idea that the US as a whole has made "great strides" in improving fuel economy, and that we therefore need to rethink the gas tax, is ludicrous. Even in California, it is mostly wishful thinking, and it is definitely not the case in New York. [1] https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/wisniewski/ct-biz-electric-cars-getting-around-20180529-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/wisniewski/ct... [2] Table 3.1 in the 2018 report Excel file, https://www.epa.gov/automotive-trends/download-data-automotive-trends-report https://www.epa.gov/automotive-trends/download-data-automoti...
- baddox 8y agoDo gas taxes even pay for the negative environmental and health externalities of producing and burning the gas, regardless of road wear? I don’t have a source, but I highly doubt they do.