Posted on 08/13/2023 11:06:58 AM PDT by CFW
State governments have historically generated revenue to maintain roads, traffic lights, and the like by adding a tax at the pump. Owing to the federal government-prodded transition to electric vehicles (EVs) to combat something called “climate change,” states stand to lose out on this source of revenue as EVs obviously don’t require gasoline to operate.
Utah’s novel solution is to charge a “per-mile fee” for EVs with a government GPS tracker attached to monitor movement.
Via the Utah Department of Transportation:
"Utah roads are maintained using taxes from gasoline sales. As vehicles become more fuel efficient and the number of electric vehicles grows, the Utah Department of Transportation and Division of Motor Vehicles is changing to a per-mile fee as a way for drivers to pay their portion of roadway operations and maintenance… You will pay 1.00 cents per mile, deducted from the prepaid wallet, up to the amount of the flat fee. Enrolling in Utah’s Road Usage Charge program gives you access to DriveSync® for Utah DOT an app that makes your driving safer and more productive through trip tracking and driving reports."
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We shouldn’t be celebrating when Deep State sticks it to fellow citizens.
Did you see a day or two ago that the “Conserve Mode” in the Rivian pickup truck changes the front alignment so much (camber and toe-in) that front tires are wearing out in as little as 6,000 miles! The truck lowers ride height to improve aerodynamics which ruins the front alignment. Another HA HA HA!!
The “fuel economy Gods” must be appeased at all costs. Who cares if you have to buy new tires every 6,000 miles at $3,000 a pop? Your government knows best.
Indiana gas tax is 18¢ per gallon.
I get 23 MPG
I'll pay LESS than an EV per mile.
Enjoy the suck
RIGHT OF PRIVACY VIOLATED. PERIOD
If you own a 2016 or newer vehicle, you probably have it already. I believe they refer to it as "On-Board Telematics"; it squirts your vehicle's data to cell towers.
Their plans will be thwarted. They won’t be in power much longer.
“How can you tell your antenna is no longer working? Will the police have a detector that can detect this? Can they prove you knew it was not working? (Crappy manufacturing installed a defective wire, the wire separated and we can’t tell.)”
So when you’re pulled over for speeding and you tell the cop that your speedometer isn’t working does he say “No problem, just get it fixed.” No the cop is going to say the same thing the judge is going to say, the owner has all responsibility for ensuring that all equipment is operating as designed.
You may slip by once but I doubt it when taxes disguised as fines is at stake.
Repeal gasoline taxes and tax all vehicles by mileage, or mileage adjusted for weight. As to privacy concerns, install a tamper proof odometer and use that. That would avoid tracking location.
Yeah, yeah, yeah ... tax bicycles too, although the sensible way to cover that would be pay a lifetime mileage/weight fee upfront as a lump sum at the point of purchase. Just tack a nominal ten cents onto the purchase price. That’s better than trying to collect a couple of mills each year on hundreds of millions of bikes.
“The cannabis tax revenue from the wholesale tax goes to the Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) fund.”
“Stores provide marijuana as a gift with the purchase of another item, such as a t-shirt.”
“All taxes and fees from adult-use cannabis businesses are deposited into a social equity fund.”
“35% to the Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund.”
https://www.fool.com/research/marijuana-tax-revenue-by-state/
And then they’ll say you’ve driven enough, we’re shutting you down.
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Can an EV ever be driven enough? 2 hours of driving time - 4 hours of charging time.
Has anyone bothered to research HOW LONG TIRES LAST ON EV’S DUE TO THEIR EXCESSIVE WEIGHT?
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Yes they have.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4174544/posts
Just guessing, but I would surmise that there will be more problems resulting from this than meets the eye.
another way of control
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I can see a Supreme Court case on this. They could probably justify the taxing by miles, but tracking where you are would be a violation of civil rights.
And perhaps increased rates during peak drive time. To clear traffic congestion, of course.
Just because you don't use them doesn't mean they are not already on the cars.
I was messing around with the Toyota app for our new Highlander and selected the function to allow guest drivers and danged if it didn't 't warn me every time my wife broke speed limit, so I disable that function and allowed the trial period to expire. That doesn't mean that data is not being sent to Toyota or the government all the time anyway.
What this country needs a a good 5¢ cup of coffee.
I actually remember when that was a real thing even included refills.
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