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I would agree with a yearly fee for electric vehicles. But it needs to be based off mileage not a static number.
The entire purpose of such a fee is to compensate for the lack of gas taxes going back into the ecosystem that ICE vehicles have.
for perspective, at 130$ a year an ICE vehicle would need 706.5 gallons of fuel a year to meet it, and 815.2 gallons of fuel a year for the ending $150 equivalent. Assuming a average 24 Miles/g for residential, that's roughly 16,956 miles for the 706 gallons, and 19564.8 Miles for the 815.2 gallons.
My car has not done more than 3k miles in the last 2 years as I don't need to drive much. realistically I should be paying closer to 11.50 a year or 23 for both. The fact I would be paying the same amount as someone who drives daily constantly is insane to me.
The point is to discourage EVs. Not from tax revenue, but keep the bribes coming from oil and gas to politicians.