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Illinois did give then $4000 up front. Their gas tax is .19 plus 6.25% of the sale price so more like $.38/gallon. Part of the EV increase is to raise that to .44 and I don't know if they would also keep the 6.25%. That would mean the average mpg, 24.7, driven the average miles, 13,476, will be paying $477/year in registration and gas taxes. Now consider the average Tesla costs about twice the average car's MSRP and the income of the owner is probably even a greater disparity, and there you have it. Still that $4000 up front gets you the first 8 years with no extra cost. What Illinois should try instead is just putting the registration fee as a percentage of the value so say a $80,000 Tesla is $1000 but so is a $80,000 BMW. Then you can charge $10,000+/yr for a Bugatti and it makes complaining much harder. The problem is I bet all of those lawmakers drive $100,000 car themselves.
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