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  • Neuromancer@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Gas tax is only 31 a year?

    I haven’t driven a gas car in so long I have no clue what the tax is. Even when I did it was built into the cost of a gallon. I’ve always driven fuel efficient cars.

    The one hidden cost of an electric car. Insurance. It’s a lot more per month for a Tesla.

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      1 year ago

      Gas tax is only 31 a year?

      Gotcha, I thought you were talking about vehicle registrations.

      If the argument is about paying for roads, then big 18 wheelers should be paying multiple orders of magnitude more for the road wear and tear even over EVs.

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        1 year ago

        They do in a round about way. They pay more because they consume more.

        My registration was negligible different.

        The article is about charging for road use since they don’t pay fuel tax.

        The problem is many red states are trying to punish electric cars.

        • LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch
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          1 year ago

          Yeah, it’s tricky though because road damage from weight isn’t a linear thing, but also, trucks aren’t just out there for fun, they’re out there to put products on shelves for consumption.

          So if you tax truck registration in Ohio, but then big trucking companies will just register in Mississippi like rental car companies do.

          Tax diesel and that will impact a bunch of non semi vehicles.

          Hard to make a one size fits all cost.