- Joined
- Jan 15, 2019
- Messages
- 16,922
- Reaction score
- 13,726
- Gender
- Undisclosed
- Political Leaning
- Moderate
A battery made of cobalt from a mine in Congo owned by other countries are fine?EV and electric car owners should be fined significantly if their battery is made of Cobalt that came from a Chinese owned mine in the Congo.
$110 per year. The gas tax is $.20 per gallon, average gas tank is what, 12 or 15 gallons. If its 15 gallons thats $3 bucks per fill-up so the EV owner is paying what a gas guzzler driver pays for 36 fill-ups per year, three per month.Louisiana: Bill imposes road maintenance fee on EV and hybrid owners
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana owners of electric or hybrid vehicles would be charged an annual state road usage fee under legislation that has cleared the House Transportation Committee. The Ad…www.myarklamiss.com
Now back in the day..I remember there being a conversation on here about how bbb I think had this exact bill as a test program and people were not happy over it.
I am highly amused.
The average American uses about 550 gallons per year. Sounds like they used that as a basis for the fee.$110 per year. The gas tax is $.20 per gallon, average gas tank is what, 12 or 15 gallons. If its 15 gallons thats $3 bucks per fill-up so the EV owner is paying what a gas guzzler driver pays for 36 fill-ups per year, three per month.
Sounds like a cash grab to me, punitive even, especially since the EV owner seems likely to be a city dweller, one who would own a small car and not put on a lot of miles.
EV and electric car owners should be fined significantly if their battery is made of Cobalt that came from a Chinese owned mine in the Congo.
Hum let's see.$110 per year. The gas tax is $.20 per gallon, average gas tank is what, 12 or 15 gallons. If its 15 gallons thats $3 bucks per fill-up so the EV owner is paying what a gas guzzler driver pays for 36 fill-ups per year, three per month.
Sounds like a cash grab to me, punitive even, especially since the EV owner seems likely to be a city dweller, one who would own a small car and not put on a lot of miles.
Isn't there a tax on electricity already? This sounds like raising taxes on those in lower tax brackets (assuming they can even afford an EV).The average American uses about 550 gallons per year. Sounds like they used that as a basis for the fee.
$110 per year. The gas tax is $.20 per gallon, average gas tank is what, 12 or 15 gallons. If its 15 gallons thats $3 bucks per fill-up so the EV owner is paying what a gas guzzler driver pays for 36 fill-ups per year, three per month.
Sounds like a cash grab to me, punitive even, especially since the EV owner seems likely to be a city dweller, one who would own a small car and not put on a lot of miles.
But Musk bought Twitter and posted a cartoon. Do Republicans want to piss him off now? What if he posts a different cartoon in response?
I suspect you will see a number of states figuring out how to recoup the taxes lost to EVs.If this is about inequities caused by a gas tax, why not just charge all car owners the same yearly fee? This is not fair to hybrid owners because it sounds like they all pay the same fee regardless of how much (or little) they drive.
What if they didn't know the source of the materials? Isn't that more on the corporation than the consumer?EV and electric car owners should be fined significantly if their battery is made of Cobalt that came from a Chinese owned mine in the Congo.
Was bound to happen, they aren't paying the backdoor tax that cities, counties, and states count on.Louisiana: Bill imposes road maintenance fee on EV and hybrid owners
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana owners of electric or hybrid vehicles would be charged an annual state road usage fee under legislation that has cleared the House Transportation Committee. The Ad…www.myarklamiss.com
Now back in the day..I remember there being a conversation on here about how bbb I think had this exact bill as a test program and people were not happy over it.
I am highly amused.
The average American uses about 550 gallons per year. Sounds like they used that as a basis for the fee.
Standard conservative BS. Fine the user and let the corporation profit.EV and electric car owners should be fined significantly if their battery is made of Cobalt that came from a Chinese owned mine in the Congo.
I did the calc based on mileage and assuming 20mpg $110 equates to the gas on 11,000 miles driven. That seems about right to me.$110 per year. The gas tax is $.20 per gallon, average gas tank is what, 12 or 15 gallons. If its 15 gallons thats $3 bucks per fill-up so the EV owner is paying what a gas guzzler driver pays for 36 fill-ups per year, three per month.
Sounds like a cash grab to me, punitive even, especially since the EV owner seems likely to be a city dweller, one who would own a small car and not put on a lot of miles.
Why the consumer who likely doesn’t know where his battery components came from.EV and electric car owners should be fined significantly if their battery is made of Cobalt that came from a Chinese owned mine in the Congo.
Don't know about Louisiana - if there is, it's probably a standard 6-7% sales tax, so not enough to offset costs associated with road use.Isn't there a tax on electricity already? This sounds like raising taxes on those in lower tax brackets (assuming they can even afford an EV).
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?