The answer is in the article “And with gas prices way down from a couple of years ago, it’s more practical to do so.” They just need to raise the gas tax also.
Then they will purchase gasoline in the neighboring counties also.
“They just need to raise the gas tax also.”
They’re already writing bills to do just that.
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Here in Washington state they kept raising the gas tax to incentivise electric vehicles. They are all over the place now. (My brother in the MidWest was going on and on about his neighbor’s new Tesla. “Yeah - they look nice. In Seattle they are all over the place. Driving to church, 3 miles away I’ll probably see four or more.” He thought I was lieing - I’m not. It is probably five or more now since I had that conversation with him.)
Anyway - now the state is talking about chips on cars and taxing for the amount of miles driven. Too much lost revenue on the gas tax. (The lower price of gas MIGHT have something to do with it - but I think most of the tax is a cost per gallon rather than a percentage of the sales price.) The articles I’ve read “blame” the increased use of electric cars.