logoalt Hacker News

supertrope • yesterday at 5:25 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Many (flyover) states make up for the "lost" fuel tax revenue by charging a flat rate EV fee on yearly registrations. https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/electric-vehicle-ev...

Some states add this for plug-in hybrid cars and even hybrid cars.


Replies

itishappy • yesterday at 5:34 PM

Understood! From my view this looks like we're having to adapt our system to address the disconnects caused by attempting to simulate fares via taxation.