Next they’ll be taxing air by the breath.
California has high speed rail so you don’t have to drive.
They’ve spent billions.
Just take the train, right? Right? Oh.
Article:
“Building housing for all”
In California?
That is high comedy—worst homeless nightmares in the country in the large cities.
and it has the added benefit of tracking your travel
Leftists love this. There will be an “Exempt” coding in the computers for the bureaucracy aristocrats and their friends.
Judges, officials, NGO’s, political class, etc.....all free to come and go, sans fees.
Unintended consequence of EVs that don’t buy gas but crash the electric grid?
What happens when semi’s go electric? Ha ha ha , the glut of diesel should make it real cheap in states with some common sense.
don’t they already do this with a tax on a gallon of gas?
who votes these people in?
maroons
Do they think illegals will pay?
CA has fired so many shots into its foot, I’m surprised it’s still standing. Fuel cost in CA are some of the highest in the country. One reason is (I think the law is still in effect) that each county has the right to determine the “blend” of fuels sold in its county. Last I heard, there we 32 blends and, hence, no economies of scale for refineries. State and Federal gas taxes add about a dollar to the price. Do you think this new tax will replace those taxes already on the books? No, this will be added to those existing taxes. If CA is stupid enough to add a wealth tax on top of everything else, the state is doomed.
They’re already charging between $5.90-$6.40 a gallon gas
Ohhh! :) Good idea for tourism. Yeah. They really know how to make the ol’ California swing!
People are already being taxed by the mile. Every gallon of gas is estimated to give x-miles to the gallon, dependent on the size of the vehicle and load it carries. Adding per-mile charges equates to charging more per gallon of fuel. I’s just a stealthy way of hiding what they’re doing. Charging tolls is another way of making people pay more for the roads which they’re already paying with the fuel taxes.
But, people can be lied to when they can’t see the forest for the trees.
Finally getting off this sinking ship. I
I am actually sad i am leaving. Was out at the lake with the jet skis yesterday. Water was beautiful. Weather was perfect. Last night the delta breeze reached us and the night was spectacular. I really wish there was a way northern CA could break away from this nightmare govt.
That's so 20th century. Toll roads have gone boothless with RFID decals on the windshields and photos of the license plates that are registered with the state.
Drivers open up "FastPass" or "EZPass" accounts and load minimum amounts from credit cards that are automatically deducted when driving through an automated toll station.
This way, drivers don't need to provide GPS data, odometer readings, won't be charged for out-of-state driving, etc.
-PJ
But will the tax on gas be reduced? Don’t be silly.
Keep voting Democrat.
The CA mileage tax will be in addition to their fuel taxes. Count on it.
I have an idea.
They already charge a luxury tax for a class of certain vehicles. Why not include EV's and charge the difference between what a typical EV driver would have paid with an ICE and what they pay to charge their vehicle now?
They are using the lost gas taxes from electric cars as an excuse to somehow collect everyone’s actual car miles driven (more personal data collection to to be added to all your other personal data every dam busisness and web outfit is collecting - and selling to U.S. intelligence agencies).
The scheme is not needed. They only need to require EV charging points to have separate electric meters and those meters cause a collection of a tax of so much per kwh, paid by the electric supplier and passed on to the owner or user of the metered location.
They do not NEED to collect miles driven from anyone.