I agree we should incentivize low-pollution vehicles, but this is is actually a punitive road use fee. Georgia's gas tax is $.075/gallon. If you drive 16k miles/year (US average) at 22MPG (rough average accounting for older cars), you're paying about $55 toward road maintenance. The $300 EV fee is 5.5x as high - you'd have to drive almost 90k miles/year for the fee to be fair.
Georgia also ended their $5k tax credit for buying EV's. So they get historical credit for extremely generous incentives, but unfortunately one of our political parties has since decided that action to limit climate change and pollution is a sin, even when it's committed voluntarily by individuals. -Ben On Dec 6, 2015, at 7:37 PM, Robert Bruninga via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > I say again, I am not opposed to a road use fee added to EV's AS LONG AS > THE SAME amount is applied to all ICE cars as a fee for their use of the > air we breath. Yes, EV' are getting a free ride on the gas tax, but ICE's > are getting a free ride on the environment and THAT HAS TO STOP! > > Bob, WB4APR > > > On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Mike Nickerson via EV <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> The Idaho charges aren't QUITE as bad as they look ($100 hybrid and $150 >> EV). Due to a shortfall in road maintenance revenue, they passed a law >> this year charging an additional levy when vehicle license is renewed. >> Normal vehicles also get an extra tax, but less than above. I believe the >> non hybrid vehicle fee is about $40. >> >> Mike >> >> >> On December 6, 2015 1:59:57 AM MST, brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> >> http://www.autoblog.com/2015/12/01/ten-states-impose-ev-flat-fees-georgia-highest/ >>> Ten states impose EV flat fees; Georgia is highest >>> Dec 1st 2015 Danny King >>> >>> [image >>> >> http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/legacy_thumbnail/800x450/format/jpg/quality/85/http://hss-prod.hss.aol.com/hss/storage/midas/a61247bb248c07ecbd3ff545ce8ea090/203057143/41e7831c9fda4726ac9a33fa2f9a3666.jpeg >>> ] >>> >>> Washington, Colorado, Virginia And Oregon Also On Growing List >>> >>> Plug-in vehicle advocates will certainly have Georgia on their mind >>> after >>> reviewing a US Department of Energy list of the ten states that impose >>> special fees for plug-in vehicles. These fees were put into place in >>> order >>> to offset the revenue shortfall from more fuel efficient vehicles, >>> electrified powertrains, and the resulting lower gas taxes. Georgia >>> charges >>> the highest fee out of any state in the country for plug-in vehicles. >>> Idaho >>> is a distant second. >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ >> Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20151206/bcd635e9/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
