>On top of removing the tax credit, the bill introduces a $250 annual fee for electric vehicles and a $100 fee for hybrids, which they claim is to fund road repairs traditionally supported by gas taxes.
Not just no credits, a straight up "sin tax" for owning an EV or hybrid.
dzhiurgis · 12h ago
We pay this in NZ per km. Costs 2x more in road tax than in electricity. Of course hybrids pay less because Toyota.
MBCook · 12h ago
I’d rather the road stuff was paid for some other way.
I get EVs don’t pay through gas tax, and they’re generally heavier so do more damage.
But I don’t think we should be doing anything to disincentivize EVs. We should be pushing them more.
Just raise the registration fees on all cars, consider it a pollution tax for ICE cars.
Of course none of this matters. We all know why this legislation was pushed. And this debate I’m discussing wasn’t it.
dzhiurgis · 11h ago
> I get EVs don’t pay through gas tax, and they’re generally heavier so do more damage.
Weight is less than a rounding error considering how much damage trucks and buses do.
But yeah kinda weird Musk congratulated both Luxon and Trump when they both went against EVs.
Not just no credits, a straight up "sin tax" for owning an EV or hybrid.
I get EVs don’t pay through gas tax, and they’re generally heavier so do more damage.
But I don’t think we should be doing anything to disincentivize EVs. We should be pushing them more.
Just raise the registration fees on all cars, consider it a pollution tax for ICE cars.
Of course none of this matters. We all know why this legislation was pushed. And this debate I’m discussing wasn’t it.
Weight is less than a rounding error considering how much damage trucks and buses do.
But yeah kinda weird Musk congratulated both Luxon and Trump when they both went against EVs.