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Thunderbeast

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8. A weight-mile tax is ultimately the most fair

Reply to Liberal In Texas (Original post)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 09:43 AM

Apr 2023

A problem is how to fairly parse out a state tax for cars that regularly cross state lines. How, for example, does Washington state capture revenues for the significant number of miles driven there on my Oregon registered EV? Would the reciprocity balance the books between the states?

GPS tracking has been proposed, but I doubt that the citizenry is ready for THAT level of surveillance. Transponders and tolling present similar problems.

Currently, the issue has helped make EVs a battlefront in the culture wars. Social media is full of lies about safety, fires, grid pressures, and all manner of electron-driven catastrophe. The new gas stove battle is an adjacent kerfuffle.

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Texas Lege is trying to punish EV owners. [View all] Liberal In Texas Apr 2023 OP

Here in Illinois... 634-5789 Apr 2023 #1

Exactly zipplewrath Apr 2023 #2

I don't mind this at all. Electric cars use roads too. jimfields33 Apr 2023 #3

Yes, EV use roads too. But why shouldn't the tax be fair? Liberal In Texas Apr 2023 #4

I think some would complain about the tracking part. jimfields33 Apr 2023 #5

Everyone has a device on their car. It's called an odometer. Liberal In Texas Apr 2023 #6

Ok. Maybe that'd work. jimfields33 Apr 2023 #7

There are states without annual safety inspections? Liberal In Texas Apr 2023 #10

Florida has no inspection whatsoever jimfields33 Apr 2023 #12

OK. This thread is about the Texas lege. Liberal In Texas Apr 2023 #13

Lol. True. jimfields33 Apr 2023 #14

A weight-mile tax is ultimately the most fair Thunderbeast Apr 2023 #8

Currently, one can drive through a state on a a regular basis with an ICE car and not buy any gas. Liberal In Texas Apr 2023 #11

Stop the gas tax or stop state subsidies to fossil fuel companies. walkingman Apr 2023 #9

I always wonder about Jetsons flying cars Yellowdog-1966 Apr 2023 #15

Just a thought... just get rid of the "gas tax" and tax everyone equally. DUar17 Apr 2023 #16