It's flawed, but as more and more vehicles become electric, the revenue collected from gasoline taxes is going to continue to fall. If trucks ever go fully electric, the taxes collected on diesel will need to be transferred to a mileage-based system collected at registration.
My comment was more in the vein that electrics don't pay the same share as gasoline cars, even through they use the same roads and cause the same wear as a gasoline car. It's not going to make up shortfalls, just an observation.
It's flawed, but as more and more vehicles become electric, the revenue collected from gasoline taxes is going to continue to fall. If trucks ever go fully electric, the taxes collected on diesel will need to be transferred to a mileage-based system collected at registration.
My comment was more in the vein that electrics don't pay the same share as gasoline cars, even through they use the same roads and cause the same wear as a gasoline car. It's not going to make up shortfalls, just an observation.
Needs to be calculated by ton-mile, not just mile.
Needs to be calculated by ton-mile, not just mile.
It will probably come to that.
It will probably come to that.
Bet you a million dollars the gas taxes don't go away when they start doing that.
Bet you a million dollars the gas taxes don't go away when they start doing that.
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