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As a Model S owner in Texas, I would think the easiest solution would be to record the mileage on the car at each annual state inspection and tax me on the net
by akgoel 13y ago
As a Model S owner in Texas, I would think the easiest solution would be to record the mileage on the car at each annual state inspection and tax me on the net mileage driven between inspections.
- chris_mahan 13y agoIn California we don't have annual inspections. We have smog tests every 2 years.
- joshdance 13y agoI hope they don't invent a "smog test" for electric cars.
- chris_mahan 13y agoYeah, good observation... Anyone have any info on that?
- akgoel 13y agoIn Texas, the inspection checks for emissions, windshield cracks, headlight and signal light operation, and tire wear. When I lived in Massachusetts, the inspection wrote me up because my headlights weren't in the same plane (the service station actually had a large cross painted on the wall to see where the lights pointed to). I'm surprised California doesn't have something similar.
- beachstartup 13y agocalifornia cops issue an obscene amount of fixit tickets. cops pull you over if they notice anything wrong and you have to go through a whole bunch of bullshit to get the fixes signed off. however my personal theory on why CA doesn't have inspection is because californians take their car aesthetics very seriously and you won't find massive inspection stickers on peoples' windows (an inspection regime demands proof of inspection) also, the dealerships don't put their own badges on the back of the cars, and parking passes are generally the kind that hang from the rear view mirror. we don't want that shit cluttering up our vehicles
- chris_mahan 13y agoAs a californian who used to live in texas, I concur. Cars are like bling here.
- nathan_long 13y agoMight be close enough, but it's possible you're driving most of your miles outside the state where you live. Gas tax gets closer to tying your spending to where you drive (unless you're able to always refuel in one state).
- protomyth 13y agoIf they adopted that model for every car, it would be devastating to lower income people. That is why we have withholding on our federal / state taxes. The current model is much easier for people on a budget. We are not talking about a hundred $, we are talking thousands for many[1]. This is especially true where housing is too expensive in the city and lower income people need to commute[2]. 1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_taxes_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_taxes_in_the_United_States assuming that electricity would need to be taxed at a equivalent level 2) mass transit is not everywhere