>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•5h 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•4h 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•3h 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.
duxup•6h ago
Not just no credits, a straight up "sin tax" for owning an EV or hybrid.
dzhiurgis•5h ago
MBCook•4h ago
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•3h ago
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.