If the mileage tax replaces the gas tax, which is the plan, and is not in addition to it, I'm all for it. The drivers in California aren't upset, it's the EV drivers because they don't pay the gas tax. This way everyone pays something, and if drops the price of gas as well, awesome.
Originally posted by: tom
The mileage tax is in addition to the gas tax.
If Ca wanted to be fair the tax should be applicable to ev cars only.
Since 2014 cars have been equipped with a chip that can monitor driving habits & mileage. Insurance companies have access to it. Under the law the Ca (Big Brother) would have access to it.
Who knows how this will shake out, but it is not in addition to the gas tax. It would replace the gas tax so that all drivers, gas and EV cars, would pay.
Not sure why the link below references Facebook when I got it from the Fox26News site. Anyway, it mentions that the mileage tax would replace the gas tax.
https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=1532663941293217
Originally posted by: tom
The mileage tax is in addition to the gas tax.
If Ca wanted to be fair the tax should be applicable to ev cars only.
Since 2014 cars have been equipped with a chip that can monitor driving habits & mileage. Insurance companies have access to it. Under the law the Ca (Big Brother) would have access to it.
That's a Tom-lie. The mileage tax will replace the gas tax.
The effect is that EV drivers will pay a greater share of taxes than before. That ought to soak Miller's and Tom's panties with joy-juice. So why Miller is bitching...who knows?
Indiana has a gas tax plus a "surcharge" on registration fees for EVs and hybrids. So here is a red state with two taxes and hybrids drivers pay both. So all you folks complaining about California ought to look at the red states. My understanding is a lot of them already have the "double taxation" that Tom is complaining about. Funny Tom never brought those up?
Texas has a particularly high fee. $400 at the first registration and then $200 thereafter.
Originally posted by: PJ Stroh
The gasoline tax is a mileage tax. The more miles you drive the more gas you buy and the more tax you pay.
It just presumes we live in a world where everyone drives a gas combustion engine. We dont.
And no - there is no distinguishing between mileage out of state. But thats a good thing, isnt it? If you take a road trip to Vegas all of your tax dollars spent on that mileage stays in your state. Why would you want to give it to Nevada like you do with gas tax?
What I mean is I don't want to be charged a tax from my state for using out-of-state roads.
A couple years ago I had a cross country road trip. I drove from Washington State to Texas and back. I don't think it would be fair for Washington to charge me for all the driving I did in other states.
