EV 'hippy' tax

Yeah these taxes suck

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Wisconsin during the EV surge 2016-2019

Doubled plug in registrations from 3000 to 6000 then stagnated

The Oregon and Washington tax increases also have coincided with stagnant EV growth, while having many more plug ins than Wisconsin their “growth “ after a quick start has almost stalled in recent years and the total on road is pathetically small as a percentage of vehicles.

How Many EVs Are Registered In Your State? You May Be Surprised

Perhaps good reason to take a different approach

 

Nah just disappointed there are statically Zero plug ins in 35 states and my antique non-plug in hybrid (that no longer has a hybrid battery) is charged plug in fees.

My uncle probably had the right idea when faced with higher fees, just don’t pay license, registration and insurance 10+ years.

When I go up north I swear half the cars don’t have plates

 

I feel that same way about trailers.....but I always tell my CFO that even though virtually none are registered hereabouts - I'd be ticketed the first time I left my home towing a non-registered trailer.

I've always said that BEV's will have gone "mainstream" when they stop getting one-percenter welfare checks to become economically viable and become targeted for "paying their fair share."

Welcome to the bigs!

 

My father always did that with trailers because he was under the weight above which you need them 99% of the time

I on the other hand don’t have his luck

I went to the dmv to transfer a plate off my one decrepit car that would retire to the garage and be sold to my good condition car in the garage

On my way back from dmv driving less than 2 miles was pulled over for invalid plates on the wrong car, presented both titles and both valid insurance cards and sat a half hour while the guy hemmed and hawed.

A single person who has 2 cars and needs to transfer plates and fix my location that day has to visit the dmv before it closes after work, the non-existent cab or public transport, even Uber would be unlikely to make it there without scheduling a half day off work and spending big $$$$ for the privilege

Very stupid first world problems

 

While some states exempt trailers under a certain weight, most states require registration regardless of weight.

 

^ That's true for my trailer.
Actually - I wouldn't mind the free-loaders as much if they would bother to put appropriate lighting and wheel fenders.
I'll give the EVangelists credit for one thing.
Most of their vehicles are new enough not to be overly dangerous to the motoring public, and 'Robbie the Robot' will have to kill many many more people to catch up with the local talent.

Registrations and plates are a handy way to levy local taxes, which I more or less happily pay regardless of a perceived direct benefit.
Schools are often the recipients of these tax dollars, and even though I do not have any school aged children I sorta think that society as a whole benefits from our school system - warts and all.
One of the reasons that my own beloved home state of Indiana isn't on Bob's 'list of shame' (or shameful list) is that the Ruby Red state government nutted up and enacted a nearly California-sized fuel tax increase (to 28-cents, IIRC) AND they allowed for automatic tax increases of 1 centavo per year for inflation.
If petrol REALLY IS going away, and people want to continue to enjoy using roads and bridges - somebody is going to have to pay for it.

Since states cannot print their own money, there's going to be continued pressure on them to shake more coins out of the pockets of the rich.....because as William Francis Sutton Jr. probably didn't really say..... "That's where the money is."