This is more than the average fossil car owner pays in gas taxes, and really bad policy during a world fuel shortage.

  • AA5B@lemmy.world
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    3 天前

    We do NOT want an electric car tax, but it would be fair to treat EVs fairly, especially if it goes toward transportation infrastructure fairly.

    Some of the problems with current funding

    • gas tax is insufficient. If we truly want to cover transportation infrastructure, we need to double or triple
    • gas tax is unfair, even before we get to EVs. A more efficient vehicle does not need less infrastructure spending
    • goes toward roads, almost exclusively, new projects almost entirely. I know maintenance is boring but it needs to be done, and should be what we need to solve the problem, not just default to road
    • most transportation options have been starved of funding for a century. We need to fix that. We need choices. We need more scalable support, both up and down