An interesting development where I live has to do with gasoline taxes.

Ohio's legislature just passed a new law that increases the gasoline tax by US$0.105 per gallon.  There was a lot of debate about the amount, but not about the general need.  Income from the Ohio gas tax must be spent on roadway improvements or repairs as mandated by statute.  It's illegal to spend gas tax monies on anything else. I'm happy that they have to spend it on the roads and can't redirect it elsewhere.

The legislature decided that hybrids and BEV were evading their fair share of road maintenance so they decided to add a yearly $100 registration surcharge to hybrids and a yearly $200 surcharge for PHEV/BEV.  The $200 fee works out to be the equivalent to the Ohio tax on 520 gallons of fuel.

If one assumes 29 mpg blended fleet fuel economy for personal vehicles (CAFE for 2016 = 28.8), the surcharge seems to be calculated for 15,000 miles per year of driving for the average vehicle owner which is right in line with established data.

So, the inevitable arrival of road use taxes for electric cars is now!

(DDD) "Plug-in electric motor vehicle" means a passenger car powered

wholly or in part by a battery cell energy system that can be recharged via

an external source of electricity.

(EEE) "Hybrid motor vehicle" means a passenger car powered by an

internal propulsion system consisting of both of the following:

(1) A combustion engine;

(2) A battery cell energy system that cannot be recharged via an external

source of electricity but can be recharged by other vehicle mechanisms that

capture and store electric energy.

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Mike

 

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