On 14 Jun 2022 at 21:15, fred via EV wrote: > If an entity has to modify the registration system to accept a specific fee > for an EV, the modification should be based on previous year's travels via > odometer reading. It's hardly difficult to provide such information during > registration, no more so than providing insurance verification as is currently > done.
The problem is that with the current highly legalistic control-freak trends everywhere, your word wouldn't be enough. The registrars would insist on independent verification. That could mean required inspection (yet more bureaucracy), but it would be more likely to mean intrusive electronic monitoring systems that reported where and how much you drove. Oh, wait, what am I saying? We already have that. It's called "vehicle telematics." These systems connect to the mobile phone network and phone home to your vehicle's manufacturer, telling them where you've gone, how fast you drove, how hard you accelerated and braked, how many people were in the vehicle, what doors were opened and closed when, and on and on. Of course it's totally secure, right? Right? There's no possible way that such personal data can be abused, right? Right? If you're not doing anything wrong, then you have nothing to hide, right? Right? To bring this rant back on topic: Sorry, but no. No efficient vehicle fees, regardless of what basis is used to compute them. No more efficient vehicle fees passed, and the existing ones rescinded. No fees to make up for state fuel tax revenue allegedly lost to EVs and high- MPG ICEVs. That's stupid and short-sighted. EV and high-efficiency ICEV owners are SAVING public tax money. They produce less pollution and less noise. They improve general public health and life quality. They reduce maintenance costs for public buildings. They contribute less to climate change. EV and high-efficiency-vehicle owners are doing PUBLIC GOOD. They should be financially rewarded for it. Instead they're punished. France (as mentioned earlier) charges a registration *surtax* on heavy vehicles - 10 euros per kg over 1800. Meanwhile, here in the US, the IRS gives businesses up to $25,000 in tax *credits* for purchasing vehicles over 6,000lb. We should be fighting these backward priorities, not cooperating with them.. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = If you aren't sure whether you can do this, just try it. The worst thing that can happen is that your computer could explode. -- GIMP Documentation = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/sub/index.html CONFIG: http://lists.evdl.org/options.cgi/ev-evdl.org ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
