Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Republicans propose taxing EVs at 10x the rate gas cars pay, increasing deficit (electrek.co)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Adjust taxes based on tread wear rating.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Or just tax by miles driven and vehicle curb weight instead of doing stupid proxy workarounds.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (7 children)

There's a whole lot more administrative overhead that would need to go into collecting miles driven data after it's been driven, and such a system would be far easier to cheat.

Tax on tires based on treadwear and load ratings would be dead simple to implement.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Road user charges aren't uncommon. You prepay for mileage and if your odometer doesn't match the tag, you are fined.

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