Hybrid tax

[trollbait]

Originally Posted by JockoT

In the UK we pay £2.63 tax per gallon.
That equates to £2.19/US gallon which at today's exchange rate is $2.82 per US gallon.

There is also 18.4 cent federal tax per gallon of gasoline in the US, which is long overdue for an increase.

In the past, a tax on fuel worked for keeping roads in repair. Drive more and you bought more fuel, and heavier trucks were less efficient. With plug ins, this isn't going to work going forward, even with increasing the rates on fuel.

[JockoT]

In the UK, after they have added Fuel Tax to the price of petrol they then add VAT (Value Added Tax, a form of Purchase Tax) so we are taxed on the tax we pay!

[Draigflag]

Yea then we pay road tax based on vehicle emissions (and list price in some cases) which is supposed to be used to fix roads, even though the government only spends a tiny percentage on doing so...

[trollbait]

I believe, California adds their general sales tax to fuel in addition to their fuel tax.

In some states, the registration fee for a car includes a property tax based on its value. If those states also add a hybrid and/or plug in fee, they seem to forget that those cars are paying a higher property tax because the those cars are higher value than an ICE one.

[IHJake]

This is the reason i will never own a hybrid

[Draigflag]

Originally Posted by IHJake

This is the reason i will never own a hybrid

Because of a tiny annual tax hike? Oh I can think of far worse reasons to own a hybrid than that haha

[rickevans]

Originally Posted by trollbait

It's because the politicians don't have the spine to raise fuel taxes.

Now, is Ohio applying this fee to the latest Ram pick up, it is now a mild hybrid?

Ohio Raised fuel prices as part of the bill.

"The new fees were part of the most recent state transportation budget bill, passed by state lawmakers and signed by Gov. Mike DeWine in April. They were created to accompany a hike in the state’s gas tax — 10.5 cents for conventional gas and 19 cents for diesel — to pay for road and bridge construction and upkeep."

https://www.cleveland.com/open/2019/...next-week.html

[JockoT]

Originally Posted by rickevans

to pay for road and bridge construction and upkeep.

That was the quoted reason for Road tax in the UK, all those long years ago. Now, however, it pays for Brexit and Polaris.