US bill proposes EV tax while some lawmakers push to eliminate gas taxes
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13d ago· 8 min readenOpinion
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Summary
The article criticizes a new US bill proposing an EV tax to fund road infrastructure, arguing it unfairly targets EV owners who cause minimal road damage. It contrasts this with the fact that gas taxes haven't increased since 1993, while some lawmakers push to eliminate gas taxes entirely. The piece argues this is counterproductive during a global fuel shortage where EVs are part of the solution.
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· 4 pulledLawmakers have proposed yet another punitive tax on EVs, attempting to balance road budgets solely on the back of the ~2% of vehicles that are responsible for a vanishingly small percentage of road damage.
Meanwhile, gas taxes haven't gone up since 1993… and some are trying to eliminate them entirely, during a global fuel shortage that EVs are the solution to.
The US is back with another unfair EV tax proposal, and it's not any smarter than the rest we've seen.
As it becomes more clear how bad an idea it is to burn gas, some want to level the field by... eliminating gas taxes and overcharging EVs.
As it becomes more clear how bad an idea it is to burn gas, some want to level the field by... eliminating gas taxes and overcharging EVs.
