New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition to electric vehicles.

Electricification is the one thing that could make the price of gas irrelevant for Americans

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[–] 1 point 8 hours ago (1 child)

Are you registering miles per year on roads as well?

Why would someone who drives 10 miles a day past the same massive registration cost as someone who drives 100 or 500 miles per day?

That's why it's tied to gas atm. The higher usage the more you pay.

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  • [–] 1 point 37 minutes ago

    Sorry, I missed the point where registration includes odometer readings. Sure, it's possible that someone could be driving 10k miles off-road and 100 miles on-road, thereby paying for more than they're using, but it seems quite niche and less complicated a trade-off (and much less tied to fossil fuels) than gas tax.

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