Spatterson61
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We do not have state income tax. This is to make up for gas tax of .21 cents a gallon charged per gallon by the state. I only drive the approximately 1100 miles per year, running errands, ect... so ev owners are being charged for 952 gallons of gas a year. Unfair taxation. I have combustion vehicles (3) and pay at the pump. Ev tax $200 plus $65. Hybrid tax $100 plus $65.How much TN income tax did you pay? States with income tax can (and do?) use that to repair roads and infrastructure.
We have basically the same registration fees in Ohio, surcharged $200 for an EV and $100 for a hybrid above what everyone else pays. Plug-in hybrids caused further debate, think they decided to split the difference at $150 surcharge. One other factor went into this fee scheme, the State also doesn't collect their share of the 18.3 cents/gal Federal Excise Tax on gasoline/diesel fuel. In Ohio, that combined tax is 54.1 cents/gal. so basically the tax equivalent to 370 gal of gasoline. It takes significant mileage to make up for the $200, and definitely favors massive EV pickup trucks over something efficient like a LEAF or TM3.We do not have state income tax. This is to make up for gas tax of .21 cents a gallon charged per gallon by the state. I only drive the approximately 1100 miles per year, running errands, ect... so ev owners are being charged for 952 gallons of gas a year. Unfair taxation. I have combustion vehicles (3) and pay at the pump. Ev tax $200 plus $65. Hybrid tax $100 plus $65.
Hmmm. I am in NC and EV tax is $180 for registration renewal for May 2024 on Audi e-tron.North Carolina is $120 this year.
Nothing like that in. Florida as of yet.Hmmm. I am in NC and EV tax is $180 for registration renewal for May 2024 on Audi e-tron.
Tire tax has a load more problems with it, what if you had a blow-out on a low mile tire? what about switching to snow tires for partial year use? those are just two that come of the top of my head right away.A tax on tires would work similarly as fuel.
The downside is even more peeps will drive their tires too long to be safe.
Not like you could get the tax passed, anyway.
The most equatable way that doesn't involve invasion of privacy would be to "meter" the onboard charger, and have the fast chargers include the road tax in the price. That would be just like the fuel tax is. A reading of Kwh yearly from the OBC and tax based on that. Since fuel tax money is assessed where the fuel is sold, not where the car is driven, (except in big trucks, which must report quarterly where they drove and the tax they paid gets apportioned out to each state) taxing at quick chargers would allow states to get their share as a car is driven on a long trip.
Unfortunately, the states and federal want to move to a GPS system of tax collection for all vehicles, allowing them to vary the tax rate based on time and location of operation, as well as tracking individuals if they so desire. So far it hasn't been successful in getting passed but they keep trying.
The fuel tax has been a fairly successful and unobtrusive way to fund the roads. The more you drive, the heavier you are the more you pay. It has been funding our roads for about 100 years, with the only changes being adjusting the tax rate for inflation and adding tax rates for new fuels as they become more used (propane, compressed natural gas etc).
A tax on Kwh used would be the fairest way to tax an electric without evading the privacy of where and when you drive.
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