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Gas tax is only paid for by cars that use gasoline. With Uber pushing Teslas pretty heavily ($1,000 to the driver if they get drive a Tesla for Uber, which cov
by zamnos 4y ago
Gas tax is only paid for by cars that use gasoline. With Uber pushing Teslas pretty heavily ($1,000 to the driver if they get
drive a Tesla for Uber, which covers two months payment on a leased Model 3), I'd be okay charging a replacement fee. Batteries are heavy, which leads to increased wear and tear on roads, and the money for that comes out of the gas tax.
- lowkey 4y agoShould we also add a new tax to all electric vehicles who use the roads without paying gas tax? I could see an argument both ways but taxing electric vehicles would tend to negate the incentive to switch from polluting cars. Would you rather those Uber drivers pollute our air or would it make sense to encourage switching to zero emission vehicles?
- ipaddr 4y agoEveryone needs to pay for their usage. Road taxes fix roads using gas as a tax was an easy way to charge for usage. Air pollution is a different issue and electric cars have rebates to encourage purchases.