Thinking of buying a hybrid or EV? You will be punished.
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Punished????,,,how is it that people driving EV’s paying their fare share into the Highway Trust Fund to pay for road upkeep is a punishment???
Why should they get to use the roads for free while people driving ICE vehicles pay for the roads they drive on
While someone who owns a hybrid or electric probably should pay a fee, to me it should be dependent on how many miles you drive, not a flat fee.
The average vehicle in America gets 26 miles to gallon. Hybrids average about 35.
Average American drives 14,500 miles. So if 26 miles to a gallon, that's 557 gallons a year
A 100 fee breaks out like this.(Non hybrid).
18.4 cents per gallon tax, (fed) equates to close to 550 gallons a year.
While hybrids average around 420 gallons used. So they are already paying 75 dollars into the highway fund.
So that's seems to me, a penalty, and not a serious effort to make it fair.
The average vehicle in America gets 26 miles to gallon. Hybrids average about 35.
Average American drives 14,500 miles. So if 26 miles to a gallon, that's 557 gallons a year
A 100 fee breaks out like this.(Non hybrid).
18.4 cents per gallon tax, (fed) equates to close to 550 gallons a year.
While hybrids average around 420 gallons used. So they are already paying 75 dollars into the highway fund.
So that's seems to me, a penalty, and not a serious effort to make it fair.
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I rounded up on avarge miles driven.
This took me longer to type than to figure out, which is why I don't think they even tried to make it fair, and just pulled a # number out their ass.
This took me longer to type than to figure out, which is why I don't think they even tried to make it fair, and just pulled a # number out their ass.
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Holy crap. You said something that almost makes sense. Nice work!
