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Old 01-09-2023, 01:18 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Sure, there's personal use cases where fuel efficient vehicles are, on balance, penalized.

Mostly though, they avoid federal and state fuel taxes. EVs in particular have a $7,500 federal tax subsidy, and many states have their own subsidies.

I'm not arguing for increasing the registration fees for EVs and fuel efficient vehicles, I'm arguing that paying for necessary infrastructure absolutely everyone depends on with fees, is stupid. I'm further arguing that EVs generally avoid more taxes and fees than their ICE counterparts. You're not having to smog check EVs, as one example.
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