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Solar generates more energy than coal in US for 1st time (abcnews.com)
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[–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

EV owners that charge at home, (and who wouldn’t do that), currently pay no road taxes because they buy no or very little “fuel”.

They pay no road tax for fuel but they do pay road taxes elsewhere. Roads are not funded solely on fuel taxes.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    Obviously fuel taxes do not cover the whole cost of road maintenance, and they haven't for decades. Where are those EVs paying road use taxes beyond registration and license fees? The more you drive an ICE car, the more fuel tax you will pay. And that's fair. Shouldn't EVs pay for the mileage they drive on the roads too? Is it OK that an EV that doesn't drive many miles a year should pay the same flat tax/fee that another EV that gets driven 3x as many miles?

    I'm all for EV use, I'd own one if I could afford one for sure. But the prices are a bar to ownership. In any case, states ARE looking into chiseling into the lost revenue that EVs are currently ducking. They want the revenue stream.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    There are local taxes on energy/electricity commerce in some number of jurisdictions, if that matters. New York, as an example: https://www.tax.ny.gov/forms/publications/st/pub718r.htm

    I'd have to look into whether or how the mentioned—waived—4% state tax would apply on non-residential chargers. I would tend to imagine that any taxes on such would more-or-less cover the same.

    Edited for clarity and to include link to example.

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