It is a flat tax in many states. Some have a flat amount billed at registration. Some have a dystopian location-aware mile tracker to give a more accurate read

It is a flat tax in many states. Some have a flat amount billed at registration. Some have a dystopian location-aware mile tracker to give a more accurate read on road usage. This results in a significantly smaller bill, at the cost of giving an opaque entity access to your whereabouts at all times. Tax rebates also do not help incentivize poor people. When I bought my EV, I had already sold my house and was a year removed from my salaried SWE role. While I am not poor, I had no taxable income the year I bought my EV, and therefore did not receive any of the $5000 EV rebate; so it is functionally only an incentive for middle class and above people. There were EV charging credits for some states, but those are / have dried up. The incentives for owning an EV are largely evaporated, and frankly the cost of owning one has been very high. It is only cost effective if you own a home. For renters / travelers using public charging, the situation is increasingly dire, with many places charging more for electricity than the cost of gasoline — without any of the logistical expenses of gasoline. The energy sector is in dire need of reform, and the grid in dire need of mass modernization.