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

Green Car Congress

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. —Cory Johnson, project manager.

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FedEx and VW EV Plans, Second GM Battery Factory – EV Week in Review: Mar 2 – Mar 8

EV Adoption

” – March 7, Business Insider via Yahoo Finance. Minnesota State Senator Proposes Electric Fuel Tax – As more residents of Minnesota buy electric vehicles gas tax revenue will decline causing the state to find a way to replace the gas tax money it uses to pay for roads and bridges, said Central Minnesota Sen.

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