Electric vehicles (EVs) weigh a lot more than their internal-combustion comparables and obviously, they pay no gasoline tax.
So if you drive an internal-combustion car, you are paying the taxes that EV owners ought to pay. And Congress finally caught up with that.
The bipartisan BUILD America 250 Act, a five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill, passed out of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Friday.
The 1,000-page legislation makes the largest federal investment in bridges and provides new revenue for the dwindling Highway Trust Fund for the first time in more than 30 years. The HTF funds the maintenance, repair and building of U.S. highways and mass transit systems....
...It also directs the Federal Highway Administration to require all states to collect an annual registration fee of $130 for electric vehicles and $35 for plug-in hybrid vehicles, with the fees increasing to a respective maximum of $150 and $50 in later years.
The fees are meant to replace the gas taxes that EV owners do not pay, as well as address the increased wear and tear EVs inflict on roadways. Depending on energy capacity, the battery within an EV can weigh anywhere from 300 to 3,000 pounds, according to ACE Battery....
If you are on nearly ANY social-media, you will have seen the screeching from anti-tax groups; put correctly, the screeching comes from the EV/Hybrid lobbies pushing through the "anti-tax" bunch.
Tax 'em. Then fix the damn roads.
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