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Instead of that, they could mandate meters on the charging stations that add a surcharge to the electricity. That would be less invasive, and be analogous to h
by tomohawk 3y ago
Instead of that, they could mandate meters on the charging stations that add a surcharge to the electricity. That would be less invasive, and be analogous to how they collect usage fees by taxing gas.
There is a general legal principle that the state must use the least intrusive means to accomplish a goal. A lawsuit might force a change.
- Robotbeat 3y agoExcept you can charge from every single outlet.
- tomohawk 3y agoSounds like tax evasion. You still need a charger/adapter between the outlet and the vehicle. Perhaps build the meter into the vehicles charging port.
- Robotbeat 3y agoYou have got to be kidding me. Next you’ll say that properly inflating your tires is “tax evasion” because you’ll burn less gas.
- otherme123 3y agoIn my country you pay an anual fee for having a vehicle, like property tax but for vehicles. The larger the vehicle, more you pay, discount if you have an EV (no emissions). It's not that difficult.
- midasuni 3y agoWhich is crazy. Use a car for 500 miles a year you pay the same as someone using it for 50,000 miles a year Just charge on the odometer reading each year. 3p a mile or whatever. Maybe charge more based on weight.
- consp 3y agoPower and fuel are still taxed on usage basis. There is no real difference except that road maintenance is also funded by a basic fee. It's a two way system.
- verve_rat 3y agoWhich is basically what we do in NZ. We have Road User Charges (RUC) that you buy in advance. We put road tax on petrol, so petrol vehicles don't pay RUCs. But no road tax on diesel, because tractors and other machinery that doesn't go on public roads. So we just extend the same RUC system for diesel vehicles to EVs. (But not yet because we were incentivising EV up take. RUCs for EVs will be required in 2024 I believe.)
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