The alternative would be to charge everybody ~$5 then you'd have a very large chunk of the voting population angry that they have to subsidize the cost of an el

The alternative would be to charge everybody ~$5 then you'd have a very large chunk of the voting population angry that they have to subsidize the cost of an electric vehicle. You have to also remember that most people that would be taxed cannot afford to purchase an electric vehicle and that seems like an unfair burden to put on them. Much of the damage is caused by large trucks anyways. What SHOULD happen is that all of the states get together and charge large transport trucks their fair share of their damage to the roads. That gives me a good idea for a startup: Electric, low damage to roads, autonomous transport trucks. They could deliver everything including mail, oranges, amazon packages, furniture, shit, even people. The company that delivers that product is going to make boat-fucking-loads.