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This sounds a bit Orwellian to me. The whole charging to a credit card or an account, it really penalize as a person for driving a car. Maybe that’s not the rig
by underseacables 5y ago
This sounds a bit Orwellian to me. The whole charging to a credit card or an account, it really penalize as a person for driving a car. Maybe that’s not the right wording I should use, but this just feels like a terrible idea. Why can’t we add a tax to each kilowatt per hour that’s charging an electric vehicle, and then use that as the fee? We already have the technology to know when an EV is plugged into the grid. Why not add a tax to each kilowatt per hour, if the electric company collects, gives to the state, who then gives to the federal government, who then gives back to the states along with the gasoline tax fund.
- Robotbeat 5y agoWhat if EV owners produce their own solar power or whatever? Anyway, the whole thing is moot. We shouldn’t be taxing EVs until they’re at least 50% of the vehicle pool. The LAST thing we need is to disincentivize purchase of EVs over ICEs. (Which in many states like Virginia we already do, since punitive higher-than-gas-tax EV fees are applied, have to pay sales and personal property tax on the battery, have to pay regular taxes on electricity… I think policy makers still think EV owners are getting a “free ride,” and aren’t aware of these extra fees.) Until we have a full carbon tax, we shouldn’t be taxing EVs.
- ianai 5y agoAgree. I also wonder whether the scale of energy needed to power EVs is “lost in translation”. Mine seems to use ~350 kWh per month of driving (rough figure, considerable long distance/rural). Edit-that’s probably higher than average. Average could be half that. Figured 3-5 miles per kWh.
- underseacables 5y agoThat’s a really good point and I agree, but I don’t agree on the carbon tax. I would prefer no tax at all.
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