House lawmakers made public a massive transportation bill Sunday that would impose new fees on electric vehicles as gasoline prices surge following the Iran war.
This is more than the average fossil car owner pays in gas taxes, and really bad policy during a world fuel shortage.
Underfunded infrastructure isn’t going to improve as a result of less tax though.
Unless there is a deliberate attempt to make EVs pay a lower share of road maintenance costs as part of a plan to increase uptake, with that lost funding collected elsewhere, you’re just making roads worse by leaving the tax off.
Underfunded infrastructure isn’t going to improve as a result of less tax though.
Unless there is a deliberate attempt to make EVs pay a lower share of road maintenance costs as part of a plan to increase uptake, with that lost funding collected elsewhere, you’re just making roads worse by leaving the tax off.