taxes for electric vehicle owners who, of course, use roads just like all drivers do. but don t contribute to their upkeep through gas taxes. oregon, virginia, and utah all have programs in place right now where ev owners can opt into having a mileage tracker placed in their cars and taxed for every mile they drive. some drivers, as you might understand, have serious concerns about putting a government tracking device in their cars. so another approach states are taking is to tack registration and other fees on for hybrid and electric vehicle owners. right now almost three dozen states have these fees. texas, the latest to introduce a yearly fee of $2 hundred for e.v. drivers but even environmental groups are pushing back against these fees. the group called environment texas says this punitive fee will make it harder for texans to afford the clean vehicles which are so critical to
there have anything creative. some critics might argue invasive. some states turning to mileage taxes for electric vehicle owners. organon, virginia, utah have programs in place for ev owners opt in to having mileage tracker placed in their cars so they are taxed for every while they drive since they are not paying gas taxes. some drivers have serious privacy concerns about putting government tracking device in their cars. another approach states are taking this attack on registration and other fees for hybrid and electric vehicle owners could cost hundreds of dollars depending on which state you re in. right now almost 3 dozen states have these fees. we have been talking to drivers at this gas station as given, gas into their vehicles. they tell us only fair for ev owners to pay up, even if they are not filling up. first of all, i have no
infrastructure and to do the things that states want to do. a lot of states are looking for ways to replace that missing tax. one way to do it is obviously to this idea of having a road use tax, which would measure the amount of miles that you drive in a week or a month and charge you according to that. it s one of the hidden subsidies that electric vehicles good. they re not taxed the way that people that buy and fuel their cars with gasoline are taxed. the problem, it does raise real doubt. concerns about privacy. people would have to be tracked wherever they go. you d have to have some kind of device on your car to report your mileage, where you ve been to the central government. the most interesting thing, one, it shows the decline in re-knew from the gas taxes that we have right now. two, it does show that actually
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amongst his base in the general public people might stay home or switch otherwise. i looked it up and this is a famous quote from ross perot. if you see a snake just kill it. don t appoint a committee on snakes. will: [laughter] that s perfect. pete: it s classic ross perot. rachel: i m sure there s so many more. guess what? first vote presidential vote that sean duffy cast was in that primary was ross perot. he always liked him. pete: always ahead of the curve. rachel: yeah, [laughter] and also i love the stuff reminding us about ralph nader and al gore that was funny too. al gore figured out who make money off the green stuff. great stuff. really awesome. pete: thank you. rachel. rachel: turning to your headlines states are considering charging a per-mile gas tax as income from gas taxes trends downwards. typically gas taxes are charged per gallon but states are making