No, but it does have some funding for expanding EV charger locations.
Tax credits are a detriment to Tesla specifically, as they no longer qualify. So buyers are now looking at other brands just to get that credit. My mom just bought an EV and the lack of a tax credit on the Model 3 was almost enough to send her to another brand. Even if the net price was nearly the same.
$7.5B for chargers. About half as much as requested, but still the first substantial funding of EV chargers. We're way behind Europe and China....
It’s not in this bill. It’s in a 2nd infrastructure bill that the Democrats will pass using reconciliation. This bill is the bipartisan bill. Too many Republicans are opposed to expanding the EV tax credit to get it into this bill.
His posts are back....I can see them. Did you get blocked somehow? LOL
The state of Colorado is already charging folks way beyond reason for annual registration on vehicles AND at least LaPlata county will NOT refund you if you sell your vehicle before years end. NOTE: they won’t charge a damn dime for all the bicycles hogging up the road.
Weld county will refund you. I don't know if that's the exception or not in Colorado.
TBH I think road repair needs to be based partly on vehicle weight. Trucks and heavy vehicles do the most damage to pavement.
Correct, road damage goes up by weight increase squared, so a large truck will do 1000s of times the damage of a car. Road taxes need to be based on vehicle weight and annual miles driven for all vehicles, and we can cancel the gas tax. A little harder to compute, but certainly doable and much more fair.
You have a good point there. With gas taxes, the heavier vehicles use more gas, and thus pay more taxes. That doesn't work on a per mile basis unless you account for it during registration.
No idea. I noticed that his posts were gone and in replies to several people, his quoted posts were also gone.
I agree with this 100% and don't mind paying my fair share as long as long as businesses do as well. The problem is this poses all sorts of political problems. This may become less of an issue with EVs, but the public doesn't understand realize that a large majority of gas price is taxes. Anytime you mention higher taxes most people simply shut down.
