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Electric cars pay electricity tax. Gas cars pay gasoline tax. We don’t need to tax electric cars even more.
Which portion of the electricity tax is used to repair the roads they use? Not trying to be too defensive but if we all switched and didn't pay more, the roads would be even worse than they already are.
Well that sounds like they should implement a tax on energy used to power EV.
Easy enough to implement at paid charge stations. Both homes I've had chargers installed at are on programs where the utility knows exactly how much energy my EV charger uses.
Whatever % of the general budget goes toward roads. Money is fungible, this has the same answer as: What portion of sales tax pays for roads, what portion of income tax pays for roads, what portion of land tax pays for roads?
The important part here is that you do pay taxes when you charge your EV. We don't need to double tax EVs.