Posted on 01/02/2024 6:29:58 AM PST by dennisw
From the start of this year, owning an electric vehicle (EV) in Kentucky has become more costly due to the implementation of two new taxes, which are higher than those imposed on gasoline-powered vehicles.
What Happened: The new taxes on EVs are part of a larger pattern of overtaxing these eco-friendly vehicles while gasoline-powered vehicles, which cause more environmental and infrastructural damage, continue to be taxed less. EV owners in Kentucky are now required to pay an additional annual registration fee of $120 – a fee that is already in place in most other US states, reported Electrek on Monday.
Moreover, public EV charging stations in Kentucky are now charged an additional 3 cents per kilowatt hour of electricity distributed, and another 3 cents for chargers located on state property. This new tax will disproportionately impact commuters and apartment dwellers who depend more on public charging, potentially making EV ownership more expensive for renters than homeowners.
These new taxes are reportedly meant to offset road repair costs, a view largely promoted by the fossil fuel industry, which argues that EVs do not contribute to these costs. However, reality paints a different picture, with gas vehicles covering less than one-third of Kentucky’s road costs, leaving the state to shoulder the majority of the road maintenance expenses, according to the report.
Despite Kentucky’s reputation as a leading location for the manufacture of electric vehicles, these additional taxes could deter EV adoption, negatively affecting the state’s industry and public health.
Why It Matters: It’s worth noting that this isn’t the first time that a sub-national jurisdiction has attempted to impose taxes on EVs. The Kentucky situation draws parallels to this, shedding light on the global trend of taxing eco-friendly vehicles as nations grapple with the shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources.
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What garbage! Essentially this Jounalista thinks EVS should not have to pay for road Maintenace. She-he-it thinks ICE owners should pay the road maintenance taxes for the EV elite.
How many lies did the author pack into that run-on sentence?
I count four ...
We have two vehicles, 2013 Buick encore for the wife, all the bells and you know. $186 annual registration. My 1997 ford ranger is $64 per year. My kids have newer cars and trucks, 50 percent or more than we pay. Something’s gotta give, government cannot keep milking we the people.
Maybe there should be a TAX on Presstitutes and the entertainment companies they work for to pay for the roads?
The writer states: “while gasoline-powered vehicles, which cause more environmental and infrastructural damage....” Prove it!
Yes ... it's not enough to mix a few facts in with the editorializing, we have to explicitly tell you what to think. Because we're the all-wise, all-knowing gods of society, and you're a pathetic moron.
It is irrelevant that the gasoline tax only covers 1/3 of highway costs if the much heavier EVs pay less per vehicle. The other 2/3rds, I suspect, is paid for by diesel trucks, a k a, petroleum based vehicles. Until EVs ditch subsidies and are contributing as much as cars to road maintenance, they certainly cannot be described as “overtaxed”.
What a slanted pile of s^^t!
This is a cruel tax on the richer people that own electric vehicles.
What we need is more sin taxes to make the poor suffer more.
;-)
Yeah, I especially like the claim of gasoline powered vehicles causing more infrastructural harm. How the hell does this idiot author think that?
The excess weight from batteries alone in an EV far outstrips that of standard ICE vehicles, which is the main contributor of vehicular related infrastructure damage.
They think we are stupid.
Quick search says the Tesla get’s just under 5 miles per KWH.
From the start of this year, owning an electric vehicle (EV) in Kentucky has become more costly due to the implementation of two new taxes,
There is much of that to do. Nothing changes till them money runs out. How will that happen?
Considering their weight they will cause far more road wear than ICE cars. Maybe tax them at three or four times the usual rate.
shedding light on the global trend of taxing eco-friendly vehicles as nations grapple with the shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources.
Idiots, if they eliminate the tax revenue from “fossil” fuels, they are going to tax YOU.
gasoline-powered vehicles, which cause more environmental and infrastructural damage..
A total lie which can be proven easily. EVs are anything but ECO friendly.
in true leftist style, an accusation is launched and it’s up to YOU to prove it wrong ! the only reason that accounts for this thinking is the success of the progressive leftist “guilt trip” where THEY make an accusation and YOU are guilty because they have. truth doesn’t matter when it’s all about “the gravity of the charge”. until the fair minded people of this country understand the reason and effectiveness of the “guilt trip” and tell these gaslighters NO MORE”...nothing will change. best book out there to really understand the enemy of American sanity and emotional balance is “rules for radicals”. just remember Mr. and ms. radical leftist....the rules go two ways.
A tax per kWh for road-side charging also seems reasonable to make it fair among EV drivers and ICE drivers. Though the road-side charging is usually a smaller portion of the miles driven compared to charging at home.
EVs do not contribute to these costs.
They need to be double taxed the fire damage the do to roads and city streets needs to be covered.
They even set ships on fore before they even get here they need to be banned.
That might be a bit excessive. LOL Our EV crossover weighs about 10% more than the ICE crossover it replaced, and less that our ICE pickup. I don't know what the weight comparisons are for other people's EV's. I just know the math I did when it was time to replace my wife's old ICE crossover with another one, and I was deciding if it'd be worth it to get an EV. Part of the figuring was how much more frequently I'd have to replace the tires if it's an EV (because of weight gain).
With that extra tire cost and other costs and savings for EV's, and in Alabama with gasoline hovering between $2.70 to $3/gallon this past year, while power costs 16¢/kWh (after the power company adds their fuel rate rider and the 4% state tax), IMHO the threshold is about 12K or 14K miles driven per year for it to be worth getting an EV instead of an ICE car. We drove ours 26K miles in 2023, 16K of those miles charged at home. Thus an EV is great for our situation, particularly with also having an ICE pickup in case we decide to go on a road trip that has few charging options. (For us the threshold is really about 8K miles per year, but that's because we have lots of home solar giving us 83% of our power for free, including charging the EV. But since most people don't have that it's probably best to go with the 12K miles per year as the threshold.)
If we go back to Trump era energy prices (using year 2019 as the basis, because I hate using 2020 as the basis with covid artificially suppressing gasoline demand and prices), then the threshold is about 16K miles per year for an EV being worth it.
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