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Originally Posted by GearheadSS

This is a big one that most EV buyers don't think about. Right now, it's cheap top charge your EV but when states and govt can't make money on gas, they're going to start taxing electricity to make up for it. It's going to cost a lot more to charge an EV when that happens.

I think that rather than taxing across the board for electricity states will have to be more creative. Charging across the board would also increase the rates for residential non-vehicle related electricity. That is already governed by regulatory agencies that limit increases proposed by power utilities. Instead, states are more likely to get revenue to support road maintenance from:

• Vehicle registration fees. A number of states already have higher rates for registering an EV simply because EVs don’t participate in gasoline taxes. Some get around specifically calling out EVs by setting rates on a weight based metric. EVs are going to weigh more than ICE vehicles in the same product classes and therefore pay higher registration fees.
• Establishing a use tax for public chargers. They may even be able to vary the tax based on the charging rate. So people who mostly charge at home will be affected least. Those who have to use public charging would be most impacted.
• More states could follow the lead of California and New York (and others) that require annual mechanical / safety inspections for all vehicles. This “new” revenue could be directed to state road maintenance budgets.