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Home Posts tagged "Electric Car Tax"

Tag: Electric Car Tax

Illinois EV tax echos question of road funding when gas taxes shrink

May 10, 2019 May 10, 2019

A move in Illinois to increase the annual EV registration fee to $1000 is alarming electric vehicle owners, but EV owners must see this in the context of the bigger picture. How are the roads paid for? When and how will electric vehicle owners pay their fair share of the…

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North Carolina considering Fair Share Contribution for Elect. Vehicles.

April 28, 2013 March 31, 2015

The North Carolina Legislature is considering SB710, Fair Share Contribution for Elect. Vehicles., which would enact a $100 per year annual registration fee for electric vehicles. It’s a fairly straight-forward law: SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑52 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: “(c)       At the time of an initial…

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Vermonts thoughts on electric vehicle taxes to make up for future transportation fund revenue losses

April 28, 2013 May 20, 2015

There are 10 (?or more?) states around the U.S. who have either enacted electric vehicle taxes, or are considering them.  The observation is that electric vehicle owners are not paying anything into the transportation funds, because the current funding method is the gasoline tax.  Electric vehicles don’t consume gasoline, or…

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Virginia Governor proposes eliminating gasoline tax, raising taxes on electric cars

January 10, 2013 March 31, 2015

On Tuesday (Jan 8, 2013) Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell (a.k.a. “Governor Ultrasound”) proposed to eliminate the gasoline tax, raise sales taxes, raise some other taxes, in an effort to shore up Virginia’s transportation budget.  In part the causative factor is the rise of fuel efficient hybrid and electric vehicles, and…

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Electric vehicle tax? Or road use tax? Why keep calling it a Gasoline Tax?

January 6, 2013 April 13, 2015

Who pays for the highway system?  In the U.S. the roads are paid for, primarily, by gasoline taxes, but that’s by no means the pattern around the world for highway transportation funds.  Electric vehicles do not consume gasoline, so therefore electric vehicle owners aren’t paying into the funding of the…

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Arizona’s proposed law to collect new taxes from electric car owners

February 8, 2012 March 31, 2015

A law before the Arizona legislature would collect a $.01 per mile tax from electric car owners.  The tax would go to pay for build and maintaining roads.  Currently highway funds come primarily from gasoline taxes and that electric car owners do not pay gasoline taxes, and therefore do not…

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Arizona legislature looking to tax electric cars to help pay for highways

February 8, 2012 April 12, 2015

Proposed laws in Arizona and elsewhere would collect additional taxes from owners of electric cars, is it too soon to start collecting road use fees from electric car owners? Pop quiz: Who pays for building and maintaining the highway system? It’s largely paid for via gasoline taxes. Another pop quiz:…

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