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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OH NOOOOOOEZ !!!!
Hope they stick it to the EV’s but good.
WHERE’S the HA-HA GUY??
“Utah DOT an app that makes your driving safer and more productive “
We’re from the Government and we’re here to help….comrade.
Watch them require it for all cars “in the interest of fairness”. They will do this and the state gas tax will stay so ICE cars get double charged.
And if they can track location in real time, they can tell how fast a vehicle is traveling at any moment on any given piece of road. If that happens to be over the posted speed limit for that road, well...
And then they’ll say you’ve driven enough, we’re shutting you down.
That will be the end result....Too much driving..Stay at home....
ahh
but then you are next
never cheer govt overreach
we are all targets
They could use the odometer.
Has anyone bothered to research HOW LONG TIRES LAST ON EV'S DUE TO THEIR EXCESSIVE WEIGHT?
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA....!!!!!!
odometers can be altered. They take no chances.
Just disconnect the antenna
This gets the camel’s nose under the tent. Then it will be GPS trackers on ALL vehicles.
Don’t EVs have an odometer? Can the state not use that reading rather than track our collective a$$e$ all over the state? Purely academic question of course.
blatantly unconstitutional under 4A - not that Traitor Roberts cares.
The per-mile tax was first investigated in Oregon.
Fascinating.
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