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GM should just bring back the Chevy Volt
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Uhhhh. Aviation gas is 100 octane leaded. It costs $7/gallon. I don't think people are using that in their cars to avoid taxes.
My point is, the savings off diesel taxes (state and federal) in Illinois is 95¢/gal, for gasoline it's 63¢/gal. At today's prices it's a 20-25% discount. If your car got a 20-25% boost in miles/dollar, I'm sure you'd notice.
I understand that. My point was that finding places with that type of fuel, compatible with the car, is a challenge - enough that the majority of city-dwelling hybrid owners could well spend more money reaching some fuel station that caters to farmers (or whatever) than they would save in fuel taxes once they get there. Not to mention the time involved. And that's also assuming that station sells unleaded gasoline, since most of the non-highway uses you mention involve diesel.
Basically, what you're thinking happened would be a solution to a problem that doesn't really exist, because non-highway unleaded gasoline is practically non-existent. If it weren't, I'd have used it on my lawn mower.
That was my initial point (my conspiracy theory). I believe that the government asked GM to make it a traditional hybrid so that this wouldn't be fought in courts. But now that there is a company actively implementing this solution (Edison Motors) in applications not well suited for full battery electric only, it's going to need to be addressed because in theory not all the electricity in the batteries will not necessarily be generated by a road taxable fuel powered generator. You could even use untaxed alternative fuels like methane, propane, or hydrogen.
Propane you buy at any place, liquid methane might be harder to come by. With a natural gas line and a compressor and cooler, a farm could have enough space to implement this setup. Heck, with all the methane landfills emit, this could be a great implementation once oil refinery winds down from reduced demand.