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Originally Posted by crockett
Electric cars are a problem for both states and the federal govt in the form of road taxes. Both the state and federal govt heavily tax gas/diesel for funds to maintain our roads and highways..
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I'm sure that they will simply put a tax on the amperage at charging stations, just like they do gasoline.
That will work for federal and state roads.
Local roads are funded by local taxes so they won't be hurt by loss of gasoline tax revenue. So if you fully charge your car at home and ride around town you aren't causing a "problem" for the govt.
But once you need to go any real distance on a state or fed hwy you'll probably need to charge a couple of times at least at a public charging station.
Also...there ain't gonna be no electric semi-trucks anytime soon. Those are still gonna run on diesel. And still gonna pay that tax to do it (the one that helps drive fuel costs through the roof and causes inflated prices on everything we buy at the store
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Just with all the goods that are shipped over federal hwy's for instance I'm thinking the money will continue to flow from truckers.