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North Carolina Proposes an Electric Car Tax

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...d-electric-car-owners-to-recoup-road-funding/

"Sen. Neal Hunt, R-Wake and a chief budget-writer, argues the policy ensures all drivers are contributing their fair share toward maintaining the roads and services they all use.
"I just seems logical to me that they should pay a small fee for the use of the highways and the wear and tear they put on the highways," he said."

Sounds like some other Muslim Kenyan tax increaser I despise.
 
It makes sense, especially with the annual revenues from the gas tax, which go to maintaining roads, gradually dwindling. Of course there is an argument to me made for more electric charging stations and other incentives to go with hybrids or electric cars.
 
It would be interesting to see the kind of lobbying resources being thrown at these types of proposals from oil companies.
 
It would Philly.

For a country that wants to get off the foreign oil teat, we sure are trying really hard not to.
 
DeacHawk said:
It makes sense, especially with the annual revenues from the gas tax, which go to maintaining roads, gradually dwindling. Of course there is an argument to me made for more electric charging stations and other incentives to go with hybrids or electric cars.
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Shouldn't they get rebate for all the costs they save the NC DOT like road cleaning and cleaning road signs as well as other savings from lowering pollutions?

This is a silly law....The NC Legislature is becoming more of a joke than Jeff [Redacted].
 
I'm pretty sure NC is not cleaning any road signs or roads simply because of exhaust (I don't think I've ever seen anyone clean a road sign for any reason).
 
DeacHawk said:
It makes sense, especially with the annual revenues from the gas tax, which go to maintaining roads, gradually dwindling. Of course there is an argument to me made for more electric charging stations and other incentives to go with hybrids or electric cars.
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In recent months, a few of the charging stations have been shut down.

I have heard talks about some businesses wanting to start putting them in as a way for additional revenue.
 
Part of I-540 in Raleigh is already a toll road. If tax revenue loss is the concern, then I agree with this approach.
 
Just more bullshit from the tax-and-spend Democrats. We need to vote Republican to put these money-grabbing Democrats out of office.
 
gridirondeacfan said:
Part of I-540 in Raleigh is already a toll road. If tax revenue loss is the concern, then I agree with this approach.
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Yep. Pretty stupid that we tie taxes to fund road usage on gasoline. If I run a tailgate generator or my lawnmower on gasoline, how exactly is that road usage? Pay the troll toll to get in this boy's soul.
 
Deacfreak07 said:
Yep. Pretty stupid that we tie taxes to fund road usage on gasoline. If I run a tailgate generator or my lawnmower on gasoline, how exactly is that road usage? Pay the troll toll to get in this boy's soul.
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You can apply for federal and state tax refunds for gasoline used for non-road uses. You can buy diesel without the tax (mostly used by farmers), and it comes dyed red to make it obvious to DOT inspectors.
 
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A lot of states are doing this. They are compensating for the loss of revenue in gas tax. If that money goes to fixing the roads, and they are getting less revenue, then roads will be worse. Look at it this way, the electric cars are doing the same damage to the roads as gas cars, so they should pay something to help repair them. Now, I think it is an exponential increase between size of car and damage to roads, so heavy trucks should pay the most.
 
bernbp5 said:
A lot of states are doing this. They are compensating for the loss of revenue in gas tax. If that money goes to fixing the roads, and they are getting less revenue, then roads will be worse. Look at it this way, the electric cars are doing the same damage to the roads as gas cars, so they should pay something to help repair them. Now, I think it is an exponential increase between size of car and damage to roads, so heavy trucks should pay the most.
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Heavy trucks use the most gas per mile, so in effect, they do.
 
RacerDeac said:
You can apply for federal and state tax refunds for gasoline used for non-road uses. You can buy diesel without the tax (mostly used by farmers), and it comes died red to make it obvious to DOT inspectors.
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Good to know.
 
bernbp5 said:
A lot of states are doing this. They are compensating for the loss of revenue in gas tax. If that money goes to fixing the roads, and they are getting less revenue, then roads will be worse. Look at it this way, the electric cars are doing the same damage to the roads as gas cars, so they should pay something to help repair them. Now, I think it is an exponential increase between size of car and damage to roads, so heavy trucks should pay the most.
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Basically you are advocating car socialism with a dash of capitalism.
 
RJKarl said:
Shouldn't they get rebate for all the costs they save the NC DOT like road cleaning and cleaning road signs as well as other savings from lowering pollutions?

This is a silly law....The NC Legislature is becoming more of a joke than Jeff [Redacted].
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I'm not sure of a way to quantify how much they save NC DOT. The fee is far less than what is saved on gas for just about everybody except hybrid SUV users which don't get much better MPG. This is a small fee in the grand scheme of things and better than going to a tax per mile. The reality is that the gas tax cannot keep up with the need to maintain the current transportation infrastructure and will need a major reform in the next decase in my opinion. Arguments could be made that it punishes those that are environmentally friendly but in the grand scheme of things, this is low on the list of what is making the NC General Assembly a joke.
 
WakeGal said:
They are making parts of I77 toll roads down near Charlotte.
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from my understanding, the tolls, if passed (or maybe they already did pass) would pay for the construction of new additional lanes, not existing. I am not 100% positive on that however.
 
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