electricvehicles·Electric VehiclesbySunshine New EV fee proposals charge owners 2-3x what gas drivers pay in federal taxhttps://electrek.co/2026/03/18/new-ev-fee-proposals-punish-adoption-reward-oil-dependence/Open linkView original on piefed.ca36Comments13Reply
ddumbluck replymidwest.social2Hide 2 repliesELI5 why can't we just do away with the property tax and make all roads toll roads?-2Reply
Steve replycommunick.newsProperty tax is about much more than roads. It's mostly not about roads. It about police, fire, schools, and practically everything else also.6Reply
entropicdrift replylemmy.sdf.orgWe can do that, but if you want commerce to thrive and poor people not to starve in their homes, having public non-toll roads is for the best. Also, getting rid of property taxes would be effectively a huge gift to the wealthy, who are already getting richer disproportionately fast. I mean we could intentionally go back to the feudal system, but I think most people would riot.1Reply
SSaveTheTuaHawk replylemmy.ca1Hide 1 reply every yearly inspection LOL. No one inspects cars in North America.0Reply
ZZomg replypiefed.worldI think it depends per state, but yeah usually it's when you sell a car it first has to be inspected. Maybe he means emissions test, but...EVs lol1Reply
kkimchi replylemmy.world1Hide 1 replyThis is brilliant: tire wear (loss of X grams of rubber) scales with distance traveled, vehicle weight, speed and aggressive driving. but the supply chain is very hard to lock-down, without tire serial numbers.2Reply
breadsmasher lemmy.world1Hide 1 replyland of the free (to be scammed and ripped off). Home of the brave (and stupid to stay)3Reply
00tan0d lemmy.worldoh no a $250 dollar fee on my EV is going to ruin all the math I did with gas at a $2.50 when I got my car. oh wait its how much now?1Reply
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ELI5 why can't we just do away with the property tax and make all roads toll roads?
Property tax is about much more than roads.
It's mostly not about roads. It about police, fire, schools, and practically everything else also.
We can do that, but if you want commerce to thrive and poor people not to starve in their homes, having public non-toll roads is for the best.
Also, getting rid of property taxes would be effectively a huge gift to the wealthy, who are already getting richer disproportionately fast.
I mean we could intentionally go back to the feudal system, but I think most people would riot.
LOL. No one inspects cars in North America.
I think it depends per state, but yeah usually it's when you sell a car it first has to be inspected. Maybe he means emissions test, but...EVs lol
Or just tax the tires.
This is brilliant: tire wear (loss of X grams of rubber) scales with distance traveled, vehicle weight, speed and aggressive driving.
but the supply chain is very hard to lock-down, without tire serial numbers.
Then people will buy harder tires which are more dangerous.
Yep, that's because it's from the party owned by oil.
land of the free (to be scammed and ripped off). Home of the brave (and stupid to stay)
Very few have the means to just leave.
oh no a $250 dollar fee on my EV is going to ruin all the math I did with gas at a $2.50 when I got my car. oh wait its how much now?