silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoUS House Unveiled Plan to Charge $130 [Yearly] Fee for Electric Vehicleswww.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up1126arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1126arrow-down1external-linkUS House Unveiled Plan to Charge $130 [Yearly] Fee for Electric Vehicleswww.bloomberg.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square40linkfedilinkfile-text
This is more than the average fossil car owner pays in gas taxes, and really bad policy during a world fuel shortage.
minus-squareNABDad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·4 days agoMake it a fee based on vehicle mass and miles driven, have it apply to all vehicles and eliminate the gas tax.
minus-squareArmok_the_bunny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·4 days agoOr don’t eliminate the gas tax, charge ICE vehicles for both, and then use all that money to fund the infrastructure for people to not literally need a car to live.
minus-squareblitzen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 days agoThat would be a logical and fair way to do it. Which is why it’ll never happen.
Make it a fee based on vehicle mass and miles driven, have it apply to all vehicles and eliminate the gas tax.
Or don’t eliminate the gas tax, charge ICE vehicles for both, and then use all that money to fund the infrastructure for people to not literally need a car to live.
That would be a logical and fair way to do it. Which is why it’ll never happen.