Are You Ready To Raise Gas Taxes To Promote Electric Car Adoption?
Agent009 submitted on 11/10/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:15:00 PM
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Electrification of the automobile brings with it some significant tax implications.
For one thing since costs of early models will be high, there is a government $7500 tax credit that buyers of the Volt will be eligible for.
However, some auto executives think even that isn’t enough. Proposed is a gas tax.
The idea is nothing new but the problem is at gas prices below $4 per gallon, electric cars are a hard sell to the mass population.
“Unless gas is $3.50 or $4 a gallon, consumers are not going to want to buy those cars,” said former GM board member Jerry York.
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