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Need to ditch the stupid distinction between trucks and passenger cars.
In many different areas. This is the per year registration fees in Ohio.
These fees are meant to compensate for road damage, which is calculated based on vehicle weight. Except Ohio just said “well batteries are heavy, charge them.”
A lifted diesel super duty getting 12mpg will run you 0 dollars and 0 cents whereas even a plug in hybrid runs 150$ per year. Completely independent from the weight of the vehicle.
Biden can do what he wants but conservative states will constantly delay the transition to EVs, slowing adoption, infrastructure and the publics willingness at every opportunity.
It's also supposed to make up for lost tax revenue on fuel, which would (theoretically) go to road maintenance.
That's the real reason. They collect plenty of tax from the gas pumps, so they needed another way. The other option would be toll roads, which I haven't seen here in Ohio.