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Is A Tax On Electricity (kWh) Consumed The Best Way to Supplement the Fuel Tax for Electric Vehicles?

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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. Some (but not all) of the fuel tax approaches that have been proposed include: Tire Tax: This approach adds an additional tax on the purchase of tires.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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"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. Ill never purchase one again, no matter what the mpgs.

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