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re: EV owners are going to pay the piper in TX.
Posted on 5/20/23 at 9:19 pm to RTRinTampa
Posted on 5/20/23 at 9:19 pm to RTRinTampa
A portion of the total price of fuel is tax, primarily for road maintenance. It's a fair tax in proportion to your use, for the most part. If you are driving on the road, you need to pay your "fair share," bitches.
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Posted on 5/20/23 at 9:31 pm to sostan
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you need to pay your "fair share," bitches.
That mentality will certainly never backfire into a tax each other arms race.
Posted on 5/20/23 at 9:48 pm to BeepNode
While I do think the tax is a bit much, the $400 is for registering a new EV in Texas. New vehicle registrations in TX last for 2 years, so really it's just the same $200 / yr fee as the subsequent annual renewals.
Posted on 5/20/23 at 9:59 pm to RTRinTampa
Of course EV owners don’t like it. They have been exploiting a loophole that allows them to not pay their share for roads.
Then again most younger people these days have no issue with a free ride and the thought of enjoying something that they didn’t earn doesn’t bother them. Society is shifting. Things that used to be unacceptable are now socially normal.
Then again most younger people these days have no issue with a free ride and the thought of enjoying something that they didn’t earn doesn’t bother them. Society is shifting. Things that used to be unacceptable are now socially normal.
Posted on 5/20/23 at 10:10 pm to grimmrimmer
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While I do think the tax is a bit much, the $400 is for registering a new EV in Texas. New vehicle registrations in TX last for 2 years, so really it's just the same $200 / yr fee as the subsequent annual renewals.
The way I read it is that they have to also pay the $200 in that same year as well as the next year even if they just paid the $400. Is that wrong?
Posted on 5/20/23 at 11:28 pm to BeepNode
It’s definitely worded poorly, but if you look at the actual bill text it shows the $400 is for new vehicle registration (and links to that subsection) where it states it’s for 2 years. They don’t have to pay again until they renew 2 years later in which it just behaves as the annual $200 fee.
It honestly makes sense that way seeing that’s how they typically handle new vehicle registrations. You pay your fees and get 2 years instead of just one. Only the fees this time are inflated by the $400.
It honestly makes sense that way seeing that’s how they typically handle new vehicle registrations. You pay your fees and get 2 years instead of just one. Only the fees this time are inflated by the $400.
Posted on 5/20/23 at 11:32 pm to homesicktiger
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How do you define "dick around with gas stations" versus dick around with charging stations?
EVs charge at home the vast majority of the time. The few times you might need to hit a public charger won’t even come close to equaling the time 99% of people spend at gas stations.
Posted on 5/21/23 at 12:38 am to VermilionTiger
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It’s a road tax fee Louisiana has it too
An out of state driver would never know it.
Drove down I-20 recently bouncing from pot hole to pot hole at 70mph.
If the ole scooter had wings we would’ve taken flight.
Posted on 5/21/23 at 1:30 am to sostan
quote:I've read a lot of discussions about taxes on this board over the years but this might be the first one that has so many people assuming that the tax in question won't be mostly wasted by graft and corruption.
A portion of the total price of fuel is tax, primarily for road maintenance. It's a fair tax in proportion to your use, for the most part. If you are driving on the road, you need to pay your "fair share," bitches.
Posted on 5/21/23 at 7:09 am to Volvagia
This folks got tax credits to buy EV. Sorry they still ahead.
Posted on 5/21/23 at 7:15 am to sostan
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need to pay your "fair share,"
Politics is one big circle.
Posted on 5/21/23 at 7:37 am to Pedro
Still better than what places like Mississippi charge IC and EV owners each year to re-register their vehicles.
Posted on 5/21/23 at 8:35 am to Dr RC
im sure it's based on an average of road taxes per year from ICE cars
Posted on 5/21/23 at 9:25 am to KiwiHead
I pay 2-300 a year in Kansas on top of all the other taxes and toll road fees I have to pay if I want to leave wichita
This post was edited on 5/21/23 at 9:26 am
Posted on 5/21/23 at 9:31 am to OchoDedos
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We pay out of our asses in rosd usage fees at the pump.
No we aren't. Texas has one of the lowest gas taxes in the country. We aren't paying out the arse for our gas here.
Posted on 5/21/23 at 9:35 am to L S Usetheforce
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This folks got tax credits to buy EV. Sorry they still ahead.
Some did. Some didn’t get shite.
I didn’t get shite.
Posted on 5/21/23 at 9:42 am to DVinBR
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im sure it's based on an average of road taxes per year from ICE cars
You'd be wrong to be so sure.
Posted on 5/21/23 at 9:44 am to RTRinTampa
EV bad because libturd
Posted on 5/21/23 at 9:48 am to Mid Iowa Tiger
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$200 is equivalent to 1,000 gallons of gas tax a year. 83 gallons of gas per month doesn’t seem all that punitive.
My wife drives an older Yukon xl with the 6.2 v8. Averages around 14-15 mpg and she doesn't use remotely close to 83 gallons per month.
83 gallons/month at 15mpg is 15,000 miles per year, which is well above the average most people drive. 200/year is absolutely punitive. They're taxing a small and medium sized cars worse than big arse, gas guzzling suvs.
Posted on 5/21/23 at 9:50 am to billjamin
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EVs charge at home the vast majority of the time. The few times you might need to hit a public charger won’t even come close to equaling the time 99% of people spend at gas stations.
5mins at a gas station 30mins at a charger station.
Charge takes all night at home and doesnt even fully charge
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