Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Pay-per-mile fees have emerged as the most likely solution to dropping gas revenues linked to electric vehicles. (www.politico.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't see why just an odometer reading at insurance renewal wouldn't work. Vehicles would have to be registered by location of primary residence or place of business to limit avoidance of the tax, but then no tracking and no meters on every single possible charging device.

Sure, there'd be cross state/province travel, but would probably be negligible in the end.

[–] southsamurai 2 points 1 month ago

That would work fine too, just less immediate, which is a minor aspect for sure. A lot of people will buck at paying a hundred bucks a year (as an example), but won't think about 12 cents per gallon (or its equivalent) unless that rate changes.

But it would definitely cost less to implement for sure, what with no bed need to roll put meters.