In defense of the policy change the national highway trust fund does need to be funded and with EV adoption something had to replace the gas tax.
On Thu, May 21, 2026 at 12:44 AM Mr. Sharkey via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > List Lackey wrote: > > > In the latest bipartisan multi-year transportation bill in the House of > > Representatives, lawmakers have proposed the first-ever national fee on > > EVs and plug-in hybrids. The proposal calls for a $130 annual fee for EV > > cars and a $35 fee for plug-in hybrids. > > (etc, etc, etc ad nauseum) > > What's clear is that virtuous behaviors of all sorts are no longer > considered virtues. > > When the previous owner of my factory conversion EV re-titled it > after purchasing it from his local municipality, he was disappointed > to find that when the new title in his name arrived in the mail, the > Fuel Type brand had been changed from "Electric" to "Gasoline" . > Since he lives in a county that requires emissions testing, he went > to considerable effort to have the title corrected back to "Electric" > in order to be able to renew his registration when it came due. This > involved finding and paying a "smog check" shop to fill out and > submit the paperwork to change the fuel type back to "Electric". > > When I purchased the car from him in 1998, and the title I applied > and paid for came in the mail, the Fuel Type brand had been reverted > again to "Gasoline", likely due to the VIN being read literally and > the fuel type on the title I turned in being ignored. > > My attitude was "So what", as I don't live in a county that cares > anything about emissions testing, so a smog check isn't needed to > renew registration. It was the DMV's stupid mistake, so I left it > alone, and by doing so, skipped over the doubled fees for > registration that were instituted for EV-titled vehicles. > > Now my 45 year-old car is registered as a historic vehicle, and has > permanent registration with no expiration or yearly fees due, so I > care even less, if that's possible. > > All this in a state that charges all registration and title fees > based on the fuel economy of the vehicle. But somehow, they got it > backwards, the better your MPG, the more you pay, while big, heavy, > low mileage behemoths pay the lowest fees. > > It all feels like reverse evolution, doesn't it? Devolution... > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > OT: If you use an Android device, please read https://keepandroidopen.org/ _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ OT: If you use an Android device, please read https://keepandroidopen.org/
