EV Adoption

JULY 4, 2022

Not so coincidentally, the US government’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, had almost the exact same increases during this period. When 1 out of 10 vehicles on the road in America don’t use any gasoline, then that will have a real impact on fuel tax revenue. Because a mileage tax would be post-paid.

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Fuel Tax Tax Electric Vehicles Fuel 98

Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

A Pew Research Center survey taken in late 2021 of seventeen countries with advanced economies indicated that 80 percent of those surveyed were willing to alter how then live and work to combat climate change. The San Diego backlash over a mileage tax may be just the beginning. Doing so would still take decades to complete.

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Climate Change Climate San Diego Emissions 136

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

"It is unreasonable to expect the Volt and any similar new technology to be immediately profitable when other technologies that started with a price premium, such as the Toyota Prius, became wild successes," said Chelsea Sexton, an advisory board member of Plug-In America. " The feds arent convinced. Interesting in any case.

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