sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoCongress Wants You To Pay $130 A Year Just To Drive An Electric Carinsideevs.comexternal-linkmessage-square176linkfedilinkarrow-up1337arrow-down19
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minus-squarebluyonder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 day agoArkansas already charges an extra $200 annual registration fee for electric vehicles.
minus-squareJPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 day agoThat’s usually the case, as electric vehicles don’t pay taxes on gas which is used for roads. Basically a system to make people who drive pay for the roads (and people who drive more will pay more as well).
minus-squaremadkins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·23 hours agoI would be happy to pay for that purpose, but it’s way more tax than I would pay in fuel for the number of miles I drive. Plus they’ve been waiving gas tax to make themselves look better on gas prices. So, right now, I’m subsidizing gas drivers.
minus-squarevathecka@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·1 day agoFuck the petroloids they can and should pay for my roads
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoIf you’re not paying for it, it’s not yours.
minus-squarebadgermurphy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoTrue, though paying for it is no guarantee of ownership in this modern era, either.
minus-squareSpitefire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 hours agoJust paid $500 for the privilege in PA ($250/yr, paid upfront).
Arkansas already charges an extra $200 annual registration fee for electric vehicles.
That’s usually the case, as electric vehicles don’t pay taxes on gas which is used for roads. Basically a system to make people who drive pay for the roads (and people who drive more will pay more as well).
I would be happy to pay for that purpose, but it’s way more tax than I would pay in fuel for the number of miles I drive.
Plus they’ve been waiving gas tax to make themselves look better on gas prices. So, right now, I’m subsidizing gas drivers.
Fuck the petroloids they can and should pay for my roads
If you’re not paying for it, it’s not yours.
True, though paying for it is no guarantee of ownership in this modern era, either.
Just paid $500 for the privilege in PA ($250/yr, paid upfront).