Alabama is doing the same thing. They just raised the gas tax for the first time in a couple of decades, but electric vehicle owners are going to be expected to pony up, too, since they use the same roads and would not be hit by the gas tax.
Honestly, it balances the playing field: it’s a user tax, so if you’re gonna do it at all, you need to hit all of the users as equally as possible.
they can use this money to improve things for everyone, the environment and the children! Anyone against this is simply evil, hates children and the earth.
First they said electric cars were great and gave them tax breaks. Now they want their tax money back.
Sweep them all out of office and into jail.
“But I thought virtue signalling wasn’t going to cost us anything...”
So $1,000 per year of electric vehicle tax would be the same as about 2,250 gallons of gas per year. Assuming 25 MPG, a gas user would need to accumulate 56,250 miles per year to pay the same amount of tax. Of course, since the electric car user has been getting away with zero gas tax in the past, you could consider the 1K price today to be catch-up for the taxes these people should have paid in the past.
Of you could also call it "Reparations." That term would make it popular with the influenced voters in Illinois who have turned the state blue.
Anything that would piss off a Prius owner is a good thing. Besides, the only Fair Tax is the tax that taxes you and not me.
Hypocrite Democrats trying to increase global warming so they can make more needless regulations.
Wow. First your state income tax exemption; then your subsidized transportation. Feelz bad FRen, real bad.
EV owners aren’t paying gas taxes that maintain roads. I recall saying this was gonna happen some years ago.
Between their sometimes direct subsidies to own, sometimes tax incentives, and freeloading on road maintenance cost I guess EV owners may start feeling out upon.
If I lived in Illinois, I would continue to, and encourage everyone to continue to elect democrats, marxists , socialists, and commies. You have the government you deserve! Enjoy!
The lesson to be learned:
In the end, property owners must make up the shortfall.
The smart people have already gotten out (700,000+ in IL). This is also applicable to CA, NY, NJ
Illinois officials believe the legislation will raise $2.4 billion for future projects..
Whenever I read a prediction such as this I know the official is either ignorant or lying (or both)
The old saying reward what you want more of, punish (or in this case tax) what you want less of.
I can gurantee you the state will never see this much money from the new legislation.
(Of course that does not mean they will not spend it before they receive it and go further into debt)
They use the roads but don’t pay for them through the gas tax. I have always said electric car owners should pay an annual fee like a gas tax.
You go green ,we get mean.
Great time to open a used electric car lot.
LOL
[Nicoletta Skarlatos, 56, told the Chicago Tribune. “I thought Illinois was progressive]
It IS progressive, you moron.
This is what they do. Enjoy!!!
Rivian has a truck and an SUV both of which do 0-60 in 3 seconds with a claimed range of 400 miles plus a water clearance of 3 feet (under-body skid protected). 750hp, cargo weight 1750 lb, towing 7,700 lb. $72,500 before taxes etc
.. electric vehicles don’t provide the state any gas tax revenue.
Ouch!!
they do collect a fee on recharging at recharge stations, don’t they? but that probably goes to support renewables/alternative sources and such.
Oh vell.
Nicky, you dumb Dhimmi. How does it feel to be bent over by your “Progressive” Daddy? Just lay back and enjoy it, babe. #What,MeToo?