Thermoguy wrote:
Someone mentioned the infrastructure. You now pay a gas tax that pays for roads and bridges. Too bad for the EV guys, that won't be free for much longer. Almost every state is working on a Road Usage Charge - that's right, pay by mile. From what I understand it is based on the taxes an ICE that gets 19 mpg would pay in taxes. The good news - sort of, eventually it will get to everyone. Someone driving a rig that gets less than 19 mpg will get a credit for over paying, someone who gets better than 19 mpg will have to pay an additional tax. This is coming and we will have no way to get out of it regardless of what you drive. Your modern vehicle is already tracking you just like your phone, so the data is there and being recorded now.
For decades the trucking industry has had to report miles driven by state. If we did not by enough fuel in each state, we where liable to pay tax on fuel we did not buy.
I think most states already inspect cars every year or 2. Would not be hard to tell how much road tax should be paid.
