Seconding this. Although, lucky me, I live in a state that just doubled the price to register my EV every year to an eye-watering $400 since we don't pay gas taxes. The cost for ICE vehicles is $60.

rant

“The EVs are very heavy and have a big impact on our roads, so we need money from those owners and lessees to help.” - meanwhile my EV is 1000lb lighter than your average F-150. Which in terms of road damage, still does not compare to the issue of our weight limit for semis being more than double the federal limit (and to boot I've not once seen a weigh station that was actually open).

"We definitely need the revenue to fix the roads,” fuck the damn roads. We've been "fixing the damn roads" since they graced the face of the earth. Every political candidate basically makes it their entire personality to "fix the damn roads" and i-voted ers go hog fucking wild for it. If it were up to me (or any of the neighborhoods that were demolished to make room for them) we would have never built the damn roads in the first place and invested all those trillions of dollars into rail.

eat fuck dumbass maddened (not you, reader. the car brain I invented in my head to get angry at.)

[–] CarsAndComrades@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I just paid my registration for the year and there was a $60ish fee for EVs. foucault-madness

The EVs are very heavy and have a big impact on our roads, so we need money from those owners and lessees to help.

TBF, my Bolt is the size of a Corolla but weighs as much as an Avalon. Although it's not near as heavy as all the giant trucks I see everyone driving.

[–] teslekova@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's kinda bullshit, but 60 bucks extra rego won't stop me, or most people.