Electric vehicles Who will pay the road tax

[UtahPete]

I am willing to bet that the State of Maine will come up with a way of taxing at the public charging stations! They have there hand out in your pocket every time you turn your head!

$50 surcharge, but with that you get a free lottery ticket, or lobster tail, depending on current market prices.

[Isopedella]

Just having a surf.

I am in New Zealand. We have have a road user tax.
Normal cars on petrol its built in at the pump.

Diesel and other stuff you have to buy your Road User Charges ( RUC's) in advance in 1000 k lots.
HMV's trucks - 40 odd tons pay more than a ute / or pick up truck.

Its recorded by your vehicle speed odometer or trucks and stuff by something called a Hubodometers. Its calibrated on wheel size. That records the distance traveled.

Once you have paid in advance your RUC's you get a label that sits on the inside of your screen.

From memory and its been a while. If your stopped and checked and your label is way behind the recorded distance the instant fine is something like 4 x what you should have paid. Do not pass go. No GPS .

Late edit. Forgot to mention the e v s .

They will have RUCs soon. But they have a Honeymoon period at the moment .

[tntnj]

You can be sure the American public would never tolerate allowing the government tracking their movements via GPS for tax purposes or any other reason. I certainly wouldn't.

What Is ONSTAR ?? and Ford has a way to find its way back to a bank for non payment. Ii is here is is just not the govt doing it yet

[EdMat]

I think the objective is to drastically reduce the pollution caused by ICE vehicles used in commuting, for which the EV is ideally suited.

I think the actual objective is to make some folks A LOT of money.

[Gwolf]

Around 1700 to 1800 there were an estimated 60 to 70 million huge bison roaming the great plains of North America.

Cow farts........... HA! Cows could not compete.............