Let no good deed go unpunished.
I’m in Kentucky and I heard our state is discussing this. I have mixed emotions, though.
Imagine a guy invents an 4,000 lb car that runs solely on solar power. It means (especially in my state) that he is paying nothing to drive on our state’s roads. Fact is, gas taxes (used as they were intended) is one of the fairest ways to pay for a thing. You use the road so you pay for it in the fuel you burn. A light car does less harm so it pays less taxes via its fuel efficiency. But if someone creates a care that is wildly efficient there needs to be some way to extract payment for use.
I’m no fan of tracking miles driven or turning all roads into toll roads, but a surcharge on “ultra efficient” vehicle annual tabs may be a good way to mitigate this.