As more drivers turn to zero-emissions vehicles, which don't have to pay anything at the pump, California's gas tax could soon be a thing of the past. But it would be replaced by something else.
  • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    they should be paying proportionally to the damage they cause

    Good news, electricity is already taxed. Driving larger EVs already costs more in taxes than driving smaller, more efficient EVs.

    • tyrant@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      I’m of the opinion that large heavy vehicles should pay more to use the roads than smaller light vehicles. Beyond the $20 to charge a large EV SUV. How much road tax comes from electricity? Pay for what you use ya know?

    • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      Yeah, but road wear is exponential. Driving a vehicle with twice the weight uses four times the public resources, but I don’t think you want to tax electricity that high.

    • Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Electricity produced by solar panels is not taxed.

      Most electricity is not used by EVs so there is no correlation to road maintenance. It’s an inappropriate way to fund roads. It would make more sense to tax tires.

      An electricity tax could be used to convince people to self generate their electricity but utility monopolies would lobby hard against it but it will never solve road funding.