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Each state is doing this http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-OR-per-mile-EV-road-tax-tp4660417.html http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Plugin-driver-protest-of-proposed-100-VA-tax-legislation-tp4661024.html http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-WA-EV-tax-going-into-effect-in-2013-tp4660256.html {brucedp.150m.com} On Mon, Feb 18, 2013, at 07:13 AM, tomw wrote: > It is well known that gasoline tax revenues have been declining for many > years primarily due to improved gas mileage of ice powered cars, and well > before the major vehicle manufacturers produced a significant number of > electric vehicles. So why do solutions to address declining revenues > target > only electric vehicles, which will add very little revenue since they are > a > tiny proportion of vehicles? It makes more sense to track vehicle miles > and > tax ALL vehicles at per mile rates that depend on vehicle weight. The > hardware to do that is simple, and could be read each year at smog > stations. > I think the answer is primarily people like the Koch brothers and oil > company reps and their talk show shills pushing for obstacles to electric > vehicles (witness the trashing of the Chevrolet Volt by these folk) along > with the fact that there is little harm done to a politician's career by > targeting a group that is relatively weak politically (there are not many > ev > owners to vote against them). The same group of folks also feeds > paranoia > about having a miles-tracking device in the car, but such a device > doesn't > need to record location, just cumulative miles, and could easily be made > quite tamper-proof. > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Texas-Considering-An-Electric-Vehicle-Road-Tax-tp4661373p4661383.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software or over the web _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
