EV alternative for light/medium duty trucks

JRscooby wrote:

SterlingHayden wrote:


So you actually believe when enough EVs replace ICE vehicles for it to show up on the revenue balance sheets in brackets, they're not going to be sticking their hands in the EV owners pockets to make it back up? Come on man. Where are they going to get those funds?

One reason given for fuel tax revenues not keeping up with road building/maintenance is better MPG means more miles driven per dollar of tax collected. 1 fair and easy way to fix this problem would beo zero out the per gallon tax, replace with per mile tax.

I believe a few states already have a tax/fee of $100-200 a year on license fees for DC rigs to make up for lost revenue due to no tax per gallon of fuel. Some have already started the $ per mile(s) driven per year tax due to hybrids etc too. This tax may also get put on an ICE, instead of the tax per gallon. Not too mention OTR rigs are having to give states miles driven, where they don't want to fill up in a VERY high fuel tax state like where I am, Washington state.

Reality, it's already happening in many jurisdictions! I see it as more of a "WHEN" it will happen to you, not an "IF" it will happen.

Scooby makes up a good point too! My current pickup gets double the mileage of previous one. On par with the two deezals before. I'm burning gaz, not diesel.

I will admit, nice having other power options than gas or diesel, LP didn't get too far for different and sundry reasons. Even at that, it is a good medium to power rigs, just as DC is for those where it makes sense. Many including the very pro DC fans admit, it's not for everyone!

Marty