New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition to electric vehicles.

Electricification is the one thing that could make the price of gas irrelevant for Americans

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    1 month ago

    Bear with my ignorance, but what are the issues you see with registration-based usage taxes?

    Electric usage tax has the same problem as a gas tax in that it’s decoupled from actual public road usage.

    edit: hit “send” before actually done writing… Whoops.

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      1 month ago

      Are you registering miles per year on roads as well?

      Why would someone who drives 10 miles a day past the same massive registration cost as someone who drives 100 or 500 miles per day?

      That’s why it’s tied to gas atm. The higher usage the more you pay.