Gas Tax and EV's

Well, we might all face some kind of milage tax. Then what ever fuel usage tax too.

 

Rather than taxing the energy source, gas or electric, governments should tax usage, i.e. a mileage tax. Additionally an 18 wheeler should pay much more per mile than my light weight sedan, as roads must be build to accommodate very heavy vehicles.

I know a Volt driver who charges his car from his solar panels on the roof of his house, and normally burns no gas or uses any utility electricity for his daily driving needs. Thus, while the disparity is relatively small, with few non-commercially supplied vehicles on the road, the injustice will grow over time.

 

To ballpark the amount of the needed annual fee, lets take the average of about 50 cent a gallon tax (18.4 fed + 31 avg state) times the average annual mileage, say 12,000 miles and an average gas mileage of say 25 miles per gallon. That suggests we buy about 3000 gallons and pay on average about $1,500.00 in road taxes.

 

Here in UK, we have a car tax. It used to be based o the size of your vehicle and supposed to pay for Roads. But now it is based on what the carbon output is. Efficient cars pay little and older cars pay more, electric, zero. Strange to say, even older cars like old Volkswagen campers pay zero.

 

Perhaps a tax on the weight of a vehicle.