Electric vehicles and road taxes.
When one buys gasoline, the price you pay includes 25 to 30 per cent taxes which go for road maintenance , repair, etc. What about electric vehicles. Do they get a free ride? Suppose you charge your car at home. I have not heard anything about this.
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Right now they get a free ride in most states. Here in NC they were considering a mileage tax so the EV's would have some skin in the game.
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Yep, no road taxes for the most part, and quite a bit of free charging. Don't forget the government incentives to buy one either.
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Florida is proposing 135.00 tax on tag renewal for electric cars under 10,000lbs
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If you go "green" you should ante up the green.
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savage170: 30634921704475/comments/30634901838491
Florida is proposing 135.00 tax on tag renewal for electric cars under 10,000lbs
This is in their future but you can bet the price will be more.
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I also read about a mileage tax. Since the new cars are filled with electronic doo-dads it will be impossible to cheat because they will communicate your mileage to the powers that be.😖 Bob
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If I drive an average of 10,000 miles a year and get 25 mpg, I burn 400 gallons of gas. Combined federal and state gas taxes run about 50 cents/gal. That means I'd pay $200 in road taxes per year. I think electric cars should pay as much. As libs say, it would be their "common sense fair share."
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Dont worry and have no fear: If it exists, government will find a way to tax the hell out of it.
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Yepp..and will probably make you pay to dispose of the old batteries when they wear out..
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The system I envision does not involve charging stations alone. For distance driving, there would be battery swap stations where you pull up and a robot removes the battery from under your vehicle and installs a fully charged one. You'd be billed the difference in charge state between old and new, plus road taxes. It would be very similar to today's filling stations.
Your depleted battery would go into charging racks to be topped off and ready for another customer later on. Batteries would be standardized to fit all makes of cars, and likely come in no more than two or three sizes.
There would still be charging stations similar to parking meters to plug into while shopping or such, billed by the minute. And, of course, your home charging station, too.
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You can bet your axe that it will not be a free ride down the road.
That is why Nancy rides on a Broom.
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Well, for a long time we have paid a road tax based on gallons of gasoline purchased. Why hasn't there been any uproar over the tax difference between a vehicle getting, say 18mpg, and one getting 40+mpg?
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Rocky Raab: 30634921704475/comments/30634954135451
The system I envision does not involve charging stations alone. For distance driving, there would be battery swap stations where you pull up and a robot removes the battery from under your vehicle and installs a fully charged one. You'd be billed the difference in charge state between old and new, plus road taxes. It would be very similar to today's filling stations.
Your depleted battery would go into charging racks to be topped off and ready for another customer later on. Batteries would be standardized to fit all makes of cars, and likely come in no more than two or three sizes.
There would still be charging stations similar to parking meters to plug into while shopping or such, billed by the minute. And, of course, your home charging station, too.
Brilliant!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1P3gF_nC_k0 -
chiefr: 30634921704475/comments/30634908635419
Dont worry and have no fear: If it exists, government will find a way to tax the hell out of it.
This^^^^
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savage170: 30634921704475/comments/30634901838491
Florida is proposing 135.00 tax on tag renewal for electric cars under 10,000lbs
Rosie O'Donnell would have to pay twice since she weighs at least that much herself.
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I cannot see any valid reason for me to subsidize the driving of people richer than me.
Until they make a $20,000 electric vehicle that Ma and Pa Kettle can afford, forget the subsidies, tax breaks and incentives.
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I predict our gov't will just keep adding more taxes to us fuel burners to keep its coffers status quo. This will increase the sale of electric vehicles and decrease the higher cost internal combustion buyers.
Kind of like having a gun in your face to get you to move in the green direction.
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@truthful There's already an extra surcharge when you purchase a low mileage vehicle that has a larger engine.
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