Electric vehicle drivers are now paying more to 'fill up' in a statewide tax

[@thagoose480]

One thing not mentioned in the video is that EV’s are also taxed extra at registration renewal time. This makes up for lost gas tax. So while you don’t pay a tax for charging at home, it’s not like these cars are running around paying no road taxes at all. The cost of the tax varies by state. In my state the tax is figured for 20,000 miles of driving a year.

[@Gryphind0r]

You're already taxed on your electric bill. look at the bill more closely.

[@AnotherInternetRando]

Good point. In VA, the annual highway use fee for EVs is currently $128.14. They also charge a fee for fuel efficient vehicles - anything that gets >25 mpg also pays more come registration time. Gotta pay for road upkeep somehow!

[@hugegamer5988]

@@AnotherInternetRando they want people driving f-150s not fiats.

[@realazduffman]

Never having to stop at a gas station------as she sits at a charging station!

[@donaldp9259]

"never having to stop at a gas station again...." But we don't mind stopping at these charging stations, if we can find one that works, and waiting an hour to charge. Thank Gawd we don't have to pull into a gas station for 5 minutes to fill our tank for the same amount of money. And the carbon footprint made by the power stations generating our charging electricity, or the forever pollution from the battery manufacturing and disposal every 6 years (if we're lucky)....well, we just pretend not to know about that.

[@MyGoogleYoutube]

The sweet spot for EV ownership is being able to charge at home. We drive electric because it's dirt cheap. No green washing thinking we are saving the planet. That is just silly. I don't understand why you're so fired up about this?

[@factchecker6674]

Just had the best 700 mile road trip of my life in a Tesla, so whatever dude.

[@RoughNeckDelta]

@@donaldp9259 she most likely don't stop at charging stations very often because she just charges when she pulls into her driveway

[@hugegamer5988]

I’ve gone on several road trips and it’s not that bad. Always free L1/L2 charging at the hotel, destination, RV campsite, whatever. And I’ll only need 1-2 short 15-20 minute charges along the way for up to 500 miles one way so finding an open L3 charger isn’t too bad. What they don’t tell people is many if not nearly all L3 are split between both pumps so if it’s one car only using one or two cars each getting half it’s not much difference in waiting if both vehicles actually can ask for full power.

[@coryulrich6489]

Her generation grew up huffing lead in the gas, so her brain is as messed up as her teeth.

[@AAA-o4g]

90% of the electric cars are still on the road. The other 10% made it home

[@raw7504]

wrong

[@jool4867]

Why are our taxes being used to build Tesla infrastructure? Doesn’t Elon have enough money?

[@mikecooper03]

For those that are unaware, fuel is taxed significantly and that is used for many things such as infrastructure maintenance. If we do genuinely move away from fossil fuels in cars, that tax system no longer works so something else needs to be created to tax for the use of roads (and maintain them) - it actually makes sense for those that use trhe roads most to pay the most for their upkeep, this is how it works now for fossil fuel cars. Gasoline cars get taxed for road use now as they are proportionally taxed for the fuel to travel over those roads. EVs are almost in a golden age right now as they aren't paying their proportional tax for road use. Mark my words - there will be a road use tax eventually for EVs that will work by uploading your mileage somewhere so it can be taxed similar to how gas cars get taxed for road use.

[@marktzu5117]

😂 the public is pretty stupid

[@JonM-dp7et]

I’m happy to pay a tax on my EV charging. Fast charging is for road trips and people without a place to charge at home. Home charging especially at night is sooo much cheaper. Closing in on 250k miles of EV only driving and the experience is awesome. Only on message boards or from people who never owned one do I hear of all these problems. If you want to pay a lot in maintenance and not have the ability of energy independence (solar and home charging) then use ICE cars. We can all live together. Just like horses and model T.

[@jodrhh]

Let the taxing begin! Soon you’ll be taxed for breathing air

[@mactep1]

You were already taxed on gas, only makes sense to apply a tax to electric, since thats what we are moving towards, road maintenance aint free.

[@tastefulsubstance]

@@mactep1 Nah for real. Like bro thinks electricity grows on trees or something... I don't even have an electric vehicle and I think it makes sense

[@DwightStJohn-t7y]

ALL our charging stations in Canada are on line and usable, BUT if they're not Hydro they can charge anything they want. Tesla chargers are 2.5 times the Hydro, and in additon, a lot of chargers are very slow (all the free ones). Some are so bad you'd have to camp there for a day and a half to get your 80%. Maybe. The chargers at the highway gas statioins (Petro-Canada) are fast, and you pay three times the money for that.

[@hugegamer5988]

I’ve always loved how in the US high quality cannabis was colloquially known as hydro just like government electric power in Canada.

[@TheGuuurruu]

It is weird to me how Americans readly pay taxes. I feel there should be a protest.

[@creamshop]

Who would have foreseen this, me 5 years ago !

[@zitzong]

All these woke people who they they are charging their cars. saving money and saving the planet at the same time.

[@WinterXR7]

I don't know a single person who has said "Saving the environment" was their reason for buying an EV, its always just for lower costs, also whats woke about EVs? The largest EV manufacture literally voted Republican and donated to that party.

[@flex2flex640]

With my busy lifestyle, pumping my car with gas is already a chore.... if i had to wait and charge like them, I'd probably go berserk...

[@RoughNeckDelta]

if going to a gas station is a chore why not just install a gas pump in your driveway?

[@flex2flex640]

@RoughNeckDelta I'm not one of those lucky people who can have the luxury of having their own driveway

[@thagoose480]

Depends on how you drive. I never spend time waiting for my car to charge, I just do it at home. Takes a few seconds once a week and that’s it. The car charges while I sleep. It has saved me a ton of time at the pump. If someone has to publicly charge or drives long distances all the time, waiting 15 minutes for it to charge all the time would definitely be annoying. An EV wouldn’t be for them. EV’s definitely aren’t for everyone. I rarely drive over 250 miles a day, so I almost never publicly charge and it’s worked great for me.

[@battery_wattage]

I got an EV and I have home solar. It made sense for me. I just don’t like the charge times for road trips. With my gas car, I can go 3-4 hours and stop ~15. With my EV it’s 2-3 hours for 20-25 minutes. Not great for a fast paced traveler like me, but I love waking up to a charged car every morning for the normal 95% of driving I do.

[@RoughNeckDelta]

@battery_wattage I can't imagine driving 8hrs with only a 15 min rest. 30 mins every 2.5-3 hrs sounds a lot more pleasant to me

[@peytonf9753]

He can save on gas, I’ll save on time at the gas station 😂

[@robsp32]

Wasn't long before the government and electric companies got wise to people getting free transportation. NJ just instituted a new "registration fee" for EV vehicles per year which might as well be a fine at this point given how expensive it is, and the local utilities are putting an end to credits for solar power production from homes that put back into the grid.

[@hugegamer5988]

Here in Minnesota we also have an expensive registration fee of a couple hundred dollars on new EV, however I consistently pay 1/3 the fuel cost per mile saving me more than a thousand each year even considering the tax. Also I’ve got more acceleration than 97% of vehicles on the road, with completely independent front and rear drive systems something you have to pay a premium price for in a gas vehicle and it still won’t give the level of control electrics have.

[@teslatim78]

Jesus Christ and extra .3 cents😥. It’s literally cheaper to drive gas at that point.

[@Lavendeer201]

Tax everything!

[@dwnrange7812]

Hey, you’re ICE’ing that charging station 😆

[@n5sdm]

Federal funding = taxpayers paying for higher prices to travel. Getting screwed in both ends.

[@botzero_net]

Wisconsin gets 75% of its commercial power from natural gas and coal. So you're trading up gas stations with great lighting and plenty of public around for less populated parking lots sitting like ducks for long periods of time to buy coal/LNG fuel instead of oil.

[@RoughNeckDelta]

@@botzero_net I've always wondered whether all the gas stations were built before cars caught on or did companies decide to build all those gas stations after the mass adoption of cars

[@tomy4453]

More of a reason to use a more efficient motor, no?

[@WinterXR7]

You do realize Tesla is a private company and is not forcing anyone to use their chargers or cars right?

[@mikem9572]

Ffff evs..just think of the poor African children working in the mines so you can think you are saving the world 🌎

[@JonM-dp7et]

Cobalt is required for fossil refining and most of our batteries for iPads, phones, drones etc. Cobalt is being eliminated from EV battery production at a rapid rate. Many EVs don’t use cobalt. So many other things it’s blown out of proportion for clicks.

[@WinterXR7]

True, but I need that 0-60 in 3.3 seconds.

[@Stormmaniac]

I just could not force myself into an ev let alone a tesla, ill stick with my fuel ran honda civic..

[@hugegamer5988]

As batteries become cheaper, EV have been approaching gas vehicle sizes. Soon it will be cheaper to purchase and far cheaper to own an EV than gas and only rich eccentrics will still have gas cars. Internal combustion is the devils Rube Goldberg machine. Electric is extremely simple, far more efficient, has far higher power and torque density in both weight and volume and is so very very much more controllable you can change torque thousands of times faster than gas, yet even put spent fuel back in the tank or even just get towed while breaking to fast charge and EV even those without L3 charging.

[@WinterXR7]

Thats great because nobody is forcing you to drive one.

[@davidmorgan8705]

we did try to tell them owners that taxes would be coming.

[@uswwt]

Never have to visit a gas station again, feels great. Says the old lady. That's like never have to walk again if you cut your legs off. The amount of time waiting and charging at public charging stations can be a lot longer than visiting gas stations. In that sense road trips with EVs always take longer and taking planning. EV is great for in town trips and if the owner has a dedicated charging spot at home.

[@hugegamer5988]

Lmafo in three years I’ve waited maybe a total of 15 minutes, about the same for gas pumps.

[@uswwt]

@@hugegamer5988 dude... do you mean waiting for your turn to charge? Often there is wait. On holidays or in LA/SF busy areas often there were lines to wait. Although the wait shouldn't be long. But there is no denying that charging time is longer than refueling. The number of gas stations also easily out number superchargers. There is no point to argue which one is better. You drive what you want. But people don't have to pick a very specific advantage and ignore all the disadvantages.

[@pideweb2038]

Teslatanic......😂

[@Anno_Welf_IV]

The comments "I wanna be able to use public roads and infastructure without paying into it." If you dont want taxes, go live in the Congo jungle.

[@LarryStallings-dk4rr]

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