Texas to hit All-Electric Vehicle owners with High Fees
Aug 4, 2023 23:25:45 #
BebuLamar wrote:
I guess as Texas doesn't have enough electricity.
Only when idiot planners shut too many generating plants down for maintenance at the same time.
Aug 4, 2023 23:47:37 #
Aug 5, 2023 05:13:20 #
Whoever thought electric cars are a solution, think again. The problems are starting to be exposed and will be a distant memory within 10 years.
Aug 5, 2023 05:35:02 #
chrissybabe
Loc: New Zealand
In New Zealand we have what they call RUC (Road Users Charge). This comes about because in the old days diesel vehicles were most used on farms and since petrol tax is used for road repairs etc but the diesel wasn't used on roads they were exempt from tax. So they introduced RUC (which you buy in 10,000km chunks). This makes up for the time when the diesel vehicle is used on a road. Then along came EVs. There was no RUC charge on them because they didn't use a fossil fuel AND to encourage people to swap to 'cleaner' EVs. But it was accepted that some time in the future they would have to start paying their share of the fuel tax since they also used the roads (and being heavier actually do more damage). This amnesty on RUC is being introduced either this year or next and will come as a huge shock to all those EV users who have been getting a free ride till now. This will make the swap to an EV less attractive as a cost saving move.
Aug 5, 2023 06:06:18 #
SteveR wrote:
Texas uses the gas tax to build and maintain highways. I suppose Texas either needed to do this or tax electricity!! 
Yup. Texas is one of the states with no state income tax.
Aug 5, 2023 06:27:03 #
cmc4214
Loc: S.W. Pennsylvania
Ollieboy wrote:
Whoever thought electric cars are a solution, think again. The problems are starting to be exposed and will be a distant memory within 10 years.
Aug 5, 2023 06:29:10 #
bobbyjohn wrote:
If you thought about buying an EV to save money on... (show quote)
The feds will probably start doing this soon. "or should"
Aug 5, 2023 07:01:49 #
Aug 5, 2023 07:40:42 #
JohnSwanda wrote:
With the tax on gas, you pay according to how much gas you use, so if you drive less, you pay less. The only way to make it fair to electric car drivers would be to figure out how to tax electricity used to charge cars.
separate meters...
Aug 5, 2023 08:02:28 #
bcheary wrote:
Personally, I think that anybody who buys an all electric vehicle is nuts! 
Remember that old saying? "Get a horse!"
From the online reports by EV owners I've seen, the cost of charging isn't much of a savings, if any, over gasoline. Of course, there's the savings on maintenance. EVs are very heavy, though, and NY charges for registration based on weight. I suspect larger tires will cost more than smaller ones. I think I'd be nervous the whole time I was driving an EV. "How long will this run?" "Where can I get a charge?"
Aug 5, 2023 08:12:05 #
Aug 5, 2023 08:12:35 #
cbabcock wrote:
It's not bad enough yet; people are greedy and uwilling to change their current lifestyles. The next generation or the one after will pay the real price.Nary a comment on the effect that burning fossil fuels has had on earth's climate
Aug 5, 2023 08:26:04 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
It's not bad enough yet; people are greedy and uwilling to change their current lifestyles. The next generation or the one after will pay the real price.
Yup, it all rolls downhill.....
Aug 5, 2023 08:38:29 #
Aug 5, 2023 08:41:02 #
thehills48326 wrote:
Remember people: “There are no FREE rides in life…”
But there are are less expensive options.
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