Reportedly 13 states are putting a tax on electric cars to make up for loss of tax revenue on gas sales. That money fro the gas tax is used to help pay for roads. Legislators want the money. It does have some wrong reasoning in it though.
Electric cars are not promary producers of global warming gases as internal combustion vehicles are. Taxing them as transport equals is just wrong. People should be encouraged to evolve toward electric vehicles and not paying a gas tax is a good method.
At least taxes in cars that burn gas, propane, gasohol etc that produce global warming gases, should be higher in order to encourage people to buy untaxed electric cars. Fossil fuel burning vehicles are the major source of greenhouse gases in the United States- about 51% of the gobal warming gases.
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/13-states-now-charge-fees-for-electric-vehicles
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/05/g20-public-finance-for-fossil-fuels-is-four-times-more-than-renewables
Electric cars are not promary producers of global warming gases as internal combustion vehicles are. Taxing them as transport equals is just wrong. People should be encouraged to evolve toward electric vehicles and not paying a gas tax is a good method.
At least taxes in cars that burn gas, propane, gasohol etc that produce global warming gases, should be higher in order to encourage people to buy untaxed electric cars. Fossil fuel burning vehicles are the major source of greenhouse gases in the United States- about 51% of the gobal warming gases.
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/13-states-now-charge-fees-for-electric-vehicles
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/05/g20-public-finance-for-fossil-fuels-is-four-times-more-than-renewables
