DarkStar
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I'm not okay with this for a number of reasons, the first one being that their fee is quadruple what ICE vehicles pay. The Nissan LEAF has a "Fuel Economy" of 99 MPG per the EPA, so why do we have to pay as if it was a 25 MPG car?Lynza said:Has anyone seen this? I'm not sure I'm OK with it. With the tiny number of cars on the road in Oregon and everywhere else it seems a little extreme.
http://nissan-leaf.net/2011/04/02/oregon-considers-per-mile-tax-for-electric-vehicles/101122_nissan_leaf/
Second, if you brew your own biodiesel, have a plug-in hybrid, or any vehicle capable of being powered from anything other than 100% gasoline or 100% electricity, you get out of paying any tax what-so-ever (for example, no additional tax on the Volt even though you could drive it only using electricity).
Third, I already pay a 3% tax on the electricity I use in my Nissan LEAF - how to I apply for my credit on my "road tax?"
Fourth, based on the pilot project done for this, a special GPS device will be permanently installed in your vehicle and you'll be required to go to the gas station once a month to pay your road tax. I will pay 100% of the miles I drive in my car if I only have to pay once per year and it is based on my odometer mileage, no way I'm letting them install a GPS device in my vehicle for this purpose.
If this really was about "fairness" the state would reform the entire vehicle registration process. What everyone pays should be a formula combined of 1) Vehicle Weight, 2) EPA Fuel Economy, and 3) Odometer Mileage, regardless of fuel type.
On a side note, they should institute an annual usage fee on studded tires to help offset the majority of damage to our roads...