Drivers of purely electric vehicles avoid paying the gas taxes included in the cost of a petro-product fill-up. Consequently, if E.V.’s were to become widely adopted, less money could flow into accounts that pay to build and maintain roads.
That possibility is the impetus behind the efforts of some states to impose alternative forms of taxation on E.V. drivers, like flat annual fees or levies based on the miles traveled.
On Feb. 11, Washington, which taxes gasoline at 37.5 cents per gallon, passed a bill that would impose a $100 annual fee on electric car users.
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