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.

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!

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...

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.

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

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

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

$3 a week? whp's gonna complain about it?! Not when we pay something like $4.40 just in tax on a gallon of our fuel.

The problem isn't the money. There are two people who buy hybrids. The ones who want to save money, and the ones who think they are helping save the world. Why should anyone be forced to pay more than their neighbor for the same thing? My old 94 Eclipse was getting 43mpg. My 02 TDI was getting 50mpg. Why does my Fusion, which gets the same fuel economy, have to pay more?

The states bull**** reason was because hybrids use less fuel, which means they add in less per mile to maintain the roads. That is clearly wrong since many straight gas or diesels get as much or better. I understand (while still not agreeing with) the extra tax for electric vehicles that use no fuel, but why hybrids? By that logic, the older hybrid ford escape, which still gets under 30mpg, is also forced to pay more. It's just more bull**** taxes, which no one should be ok with.


Stop licking the boot.