We can write laws for everything else, we can write a law stating they can’t declare bankruptcy for their own failure. We’ll put them on a payment plan, just like they did with all those consumers facing massive bills in 2021. Fair is fair!
Texas Plans EV Chargers Every 50 Miles on Major Highways
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So the choice is:
1) national grid (no good)
2) winterize gas line in winter (no good)
3) 4 days worth of oil (and waste them if not used, or waste $ to haul them around to keep them fresh, no good)
4) the cheapest between once a decade disaster
I can see why 4 being the most popular one.
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That of course will cost "something". As you said "fair is fair", customers pick a risk / reward plan and they have to stick to it when things happen, or pay for it when it doesn't happen. There's no way around it.
It’s not like you can chose a different grid operator… or utility at all in some cases, I’m stuck with one company for instance, most of Texas is stuck with ERCOT. The entire grid going down due to poor planning is preventable, and should be a punishable offense especially if it causes loss of life. A tree falling onto a line or vehicle hitting a pole/transformer is one thing, not having reserve capacity is something else entirely.
What people in power do aren't "random" acts like the universe. People have agendas and plans, and if given enough time they will usually achieve what they have sights on. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that as more and more EVs populate the roads that lost revenues from ICE vehicles like gas tax will have to be passed over to EVs. States are not happy when they lose revenues.
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Who's going to pay for this? Most of the money used to upkeep the road infrastructure comes from gas taxes.
They’ll likely just add an extra fee to the registration of EV owners like a few other states do.
Used to have a link to it, but my recollection is that gas taxes only pay for about a third. Quick look finds this link and it instead talks about what each household pays towards roads, not percentages.
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Whenever electric vehicles get more popular I think you may see a mileage based user fee being implemented on the amount of miles you drive. The government will certainly devise a way to get their money.
https://www.georgiapolicy.org/publi...-per-mile-charges-for-georgia-transportation/
https://www.georgiapolicy.org/publi...-per-mile-charges-for-georgia-transportation/
It’s still all about California. The data is not up to date but California still completely dominates the numbers.
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Updated for 2021. Notice the “fake news” scale to make it seem the other states are catching up to California. The first line is 100,000 and the 2nd one is 600,000. “It makes it easier to see the other States” What a joke.
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Certainly true, but remember we have by far the most population and a lot of money. New vehicles are tested out here.
I doubt I will ever buy another new ICE vehicle. Maybe used, but not new.
600K in your Mazda? Wow, well done!
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Yes, Cogen is particularly popular in places with higher power prices. We have tons of them here in Ontario. They are almost all exclusively gas.
We do have one dual-fuel publicly owned plant (owned/operated by OPG) that's 2,400MW and being a thermal plant, can run on both gas and oil (Lennox).
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My suspicion is, to make it the same as with the gas tax, there will be a per kWh charge levied on each vehicle, likely tied to the VIN for tracking purposes. Your home smart meter will know when the EV is charging, and track that consumption and report it to your utility, who will then put it on your bill. The same information is gathered by public chargers, you'll pay for the power, the "service" offered by the charger company, and the "road tax" as part of your total per kWh rate. Charging at home will then obviously remain cheaper.
This way, it is imposed just like per gallon or per litre fuel charges. More efficient vehicles that use fewer kWh will benefit and less efficient ones, like with gas, will pay more. This also factors in vehicle weight, which has an impact on road wear.
The fake news is that most of the states that have statistically ZERO EVs tax the living $$$$ out of them because of all the money they loose on the 5 or 6 cars in the state.
The local government accountability board figured it would take 15 years for the state to pay back the costs of upgrading and tracking EVs
Then you have losers like this trying to prevent private business from providing L1 convenience outlets for their customers and employees (even though in many cases these exist to make up for other employees getting gas cards)
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a40543385/north-carolina-wants-remove-free-public-ev-chargers/
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My suspicion is, to make it the same as with the gas tax, there will be a per kWh charge levied on each vehicle, likely tied to the VIN for tracking purposes.
This is what I hoped would be the case coupled with a mandatory minimum number of cars before the tax takes effect.
They should peg the kwhr tax to the gas tax rate so nobody is screwed.
Both the Volt and the Leaf from day 1 reported energy use back to big brother, used to be a sight I could visit to review my or anyone else who opted ins efficiency.
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That's funny because they don't have enough electricity for a hot summer.
Rocky Mountain Power says surveys show the two biggest barriers to adopting EV are the cost of the vehicle and infrastructure.
Imagine that! Who knew. People don't want to buy an expensive item that you can't get fuel for readily. I didn't realize that many homes in this country only have 100 amp service so can't really charge at home.
My house is older, built in 1962. I had the house rewired and a new 200A service panel installed years ago. Otherwise I would never have considered a Tesla.
Perspective buyers ask about the car. The 1st thing I ask them is, "How you gonna charge?"
