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Right. That's why we have to pay vehicle registration fees and gas taxes.
by josephcsible 11mo ago
Right. That's why we have to pay vehicle registration fees and gas taxes.
- indecisive_user 11mo agoRegistration is like $100 a year for "unlimited" access to roads. Quite a bit cheaper than a yearly unlimited transit pass. And electric cars don't pay a gas tax.
- idiotsecant 11mo agoEVs pay a gas tax in the form of enormously more expensive registration in almost all states. I pay way more for my EV registration than I would have paid in gas tax.
- josephcsible 11mo ago> Registration is like $100 a year for "unlimited" access to roads. Quite a bit cheaper than a yearly unlimited transit pass. But that's still "some of it". > And electric cars don't pay a gas tax. Electric cars' registration fees are much higher to make up for that, e.g., in New Jersey, you owe an extra $260 per year for an EV (which automatically goes up by $10 every year) vs. a gas car.
- terminalshort 11mo agoSince you pay for the vehicle and the fuel, no it's not even close.
- amanaplanacanal 11mo agoGas taxes don't come close to paying for roads. Roads are massively subsidized out of general taxes.
- josephcsible 11mo agoFares don't come close to paying for public transit. Public transit is massively subsidized out of general taxes. And besides, the comment upthread said "some", not "all".
- ljlolel 11mo agoThe cars have way way more negative externalities