North Carolina penalising 'leccy cars

[heebeegeetee]

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/12/31/457895...

>>People who own a plug-in electric vehicle as of Wednesday now must pay an additional $100 fee during the car's initial registration or at its annual renewal. Legislators have said such fees are about fairness, since such a car pays no gasoline taxes, which are used for road-building. The new fee is expected to generate $120,000 for the Highway Fund during the 2014-15 fiscal year, according to the state budget.<<

Just thought some might like to know.

[Rich A]

Sounds fair to me. They could even increase that slightly and reduce fuel duty on gasoline, thereby freeing up income for folks to save for a new electric vehicle in the future! Something for Mr Osborne to consider imho

[Toaster Pilot]

Very interesting contrast to the "hey, it's green, yay!" attitude here - not surprised given the power the oil companies have over the US economy mind.

[rowanxx]

Doesn't seem like very much, considering it costs from 2.4-6.9 million dollars to build each mile of highway http://www.railstotrails.org/resources/documents/w...

[McWigglebum4th]

I wonder if there is more to this then meets the eye

But at least it is moving away from the CO2 bullst

[calibrax]

No doubt when cars were invented, someone came up with a small charge because drivers weren't paying any horse feed taxes...

... and look where we are now. That's how it starts!

[Urban Sports]

Only a 100 bucks? FFS

[deltashad]

I wonder how much of a drain they are to the power grid?

[McWigglebum4th]

deltashad said:

I wonder how much of a drain they are to the power grid?

Ah but don't forget that only a tiny tiny percentage of people could use one

But those 4 people that own one when they plug their cars in together can completely black out the entire country

[Jasandjules]

Urban Sports said:

Only a 100 bucks? FFS

Don't worry as usage increases they will soon increase that fee - they have to recoup their losses - unless they tax electricity more of course, but that won't go down well with the voters