• mechoman444@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I drive electric and in my home state of Georgia, USA they have an ad valorem tax of 239 dollars or there abouts for people that drive Evs and plug in hybrids.

    My theory is that they’re missing out on the taxes I would normally pay if I bought gas and need to recoup their losses.

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      11 months ago

      My theory is that they’re missing out on the taxes I would normally pay if I bought gas and need to recoup their losses.

      I don’t think you need to refer to that as a theory. Taxes on fuel for motor vehicles go towards road maintenance. Vehicles that drive on the roads but don’t burn gas or diesel, don’t pay their share of the road maintenance costs. That’s why states want to tax EVs.

    • this@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      I used to live in Texas and they did the same shit there. Tax EVs more because their owners weren’t “paying their fair share on the highway tax”