It sounds like the EV virtue signalers want some whine with their cheese....
:-)
EVs only - I pinged the mods to change the title to reflect that. As it is, it’s only ‘fair’, but I will concede that most EV owners don’t actually ‘drive’ their cars, but rather keep them nice and shiny to show off to people at parties.
That seems low considering all the harm they cause
200 is not enough. The should figure the average annual gas tax cost and then double it for EV owners since they do twice the road damage.
That fine, as long as they don't drive on a road that is paved by with public funds that are derived from distillate fuel taxes. If they do, they should share the burden for maintaining those roads.
“ Those who have an electric vehicle will be responsible for paying the new annual fee in order to recoup tax money.”
Have fun suckers
Kara, YOU do NOT speak for me!!! How can you say it is embarrassing for ALL of us??? I am so sick of you folks believing you are gods with a right to direct our lives that I simply can not stand it any more. Why is it impossible to be around when you say things like that?
EV’s put wear and tear on the roadways same as any other vehicle.
This is what happens when people are cool with taking other people’s private property.
Sooner or later the people ordering the grabbing will get to the folks egging them on.
I am guessing that with texas grid the way it is anyone using enough energy to charge an ev gets put in a higher rate tier and gets taxed on that too.
While I personally dislike the telemetry new e-cars send, the owners opted in with their purchase. The states just have not asked the vendors for the mile data.
I am guessing that with texas grid the way it is anyone using enough energy to charge an ev gets put in a higher rate tier and gets taxed on that too.
While I personally dislike the telemetry new e-cars send, the owners opted in with their purchase. The states just have not asked the vendors for the mile data.
I wonder what TeslaGator would say about this.
How come bicyclist who demand we share the roadways with them, who want their own bicycle lanes, are not required to pay taxes, register their bicycles and pay all the fees associated with all that?
I wonder if the professor quoted in the article has read the following.
Texas evidently leads the nation in wind and solar renewable energy by a wide margin over California.
OK misleading headline that made no sense coming from Texas, (maybe from California, which would find ways to penalize NON EV purchasers) but I can see Abbott’s point. Still don’t like it, but I see the logic. It won’t amount to diddly in $$$ though. It seems just a way of discourage EV purchases.
“This is extremely important to make sure people are paying their fair share and that we have adequate funding for the preservation and maintenance of our highways in the future,” said State House Rep. Terry Canales, an Edinburgh Democrat, in April of this year.
EVs are heavier than comparable ICE cars thus putting more wear and tear on the road. When their batteries need changing there will be a bigger environmental impact as compared to the battery in an ICE car.
This Texan’s only complaint is that the new EV registration fees are WAY too low!
Not to mention the floating recharging stations hovering overhead. Think about the property rights - how far up can you own real estate?