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Mn/DOT assessing potential for mileage-based user fee to replace fuel tax; Battelle conducting technology assessment

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The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) will recruit 500 people from Wright and Hennepin counties to take part in research to test technology that could someday be used to collect a mileage-based user fee (MBUF) in lieu of a gasoline tax. These funding sources support construction and maintenance of the highway system.

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Next 10 report finds California will meet or exceed original target of 1.5M ZEVs by 2025

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Convenience: From 2011 to 2016, the number of stations for charging electric vehicles increased by 1,138% in the US. ZEVs require significantly less time and money spent on maintenance because they have only about 20 moving parts – about 1,800 fewer moving parts than traditional ICE vehicles. Grid overload is another concern.

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New Zealand simplifies Road User Charges system, extends exemption for light electric motor vehicles from 2013 to 2020

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Since some 36% of diesel is used off-road, such as on farms, by manufacturing, industrial and commercial ventures, and boats, a fuel tax for road use would impose an unfair burden onto these sectors, the government says.). cents a liter was originally scheduled to take effect in July 2011.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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Governments have offered subsidies or tax rebates to make EVs more appealing, a policy which the U.S. In the meantime, EV buyers’ sticker shock could be alleviated by the knowledge that fuel and maintenance costs are far lower for EVs and that total ownership costs are about the same. Inflation Reduction Act has just augmented.