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Originally Posted by rmay635703
Uh huh, real f’n bargain
https://www.greencarreports.com/news...ion-fee-to-248
Everybody was so happy with the unnecessary fee legislators were merely emboldened to jack up the price again to test the waters.
Unless there is real opposition to any fee until there is an actual funding issue due to a large percentage of cars being BEVS these taxes will be set as high as they can get away with to simply deflate EV demand |
The way road infrastructure is funded comes from fuel taxes and registration. EVs pay zero fuel taxes, so increasing the registration cost is the only in-place method to even that out. As I said, most EV owners are still paying less towards infrastructure than other ICE drivers in IL.
The ICE registration increased too, along with fuel taxes. It seems to me the politicians were trying to solve a real problem (insufficient road funds), and it isn't obvious to me that the intention was to stifle EVs. I'm willing to be wrong about that, but I don't see how harming EV owners would somehow boost a politician's position.
I've been saying for years that infrastructure should be funded by regular tax revenues, and that registration should cost the amount it takes to make a record of the vehicle with the state and not a cent more. The reasoning is that all people benefit from road infrastructure regardless if they drive or not.