Here come the EV taxes
 

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/geo...arging-in-2025


IMO this is just the beginning, they can paint any tax or fee on a blank canvas. No tax for home charging yet.

Sure there is. Your home utilities are taxed - look at your bill.

But no explicit tax on an EV charge. I think that is what they mean in the article

I'm not even sure how that would be accomplished. How does a home EV charger "look different" to the grid than an electric dryer or pool pump?

'Easiest' way would be by having the utility subsidize a smart charger (like how they give out free Nests) in exchange for a wifi connection to track usage. Could also install a second meter solely for EVs but that seems like a pain.

we have optional smart meters in Ontario. You can opt in to give them control over your air conditioning. They will limit the temp limits. They can do anything they want in reality. In theory they could just add a fee to anyone household that has a EV registered to it and not even base it on charging use

We've had mandatory smart meters for over a decade, and similar opt-in programs. But the meter cannot control your AC on its own, nor do "anything they want". It's not magic, it's just a meter that communicates via RF. Limiting temperature requires you to install a compatible thermostat, and link it to the meter; Alternatively you could wire in a disconnect relay so the compressor can be disabled by the meter. But unless you do one of those things, they can't control anything.

I'm on a different opt-in program, where they text/email me target windows where they want to reduce energy usage (usually 3-4 hours in the afternoon on a specific day), and I get a credit for any reductions vs. our typical usage. I turn off everything possible during those windows (AC, pool pump, extra refrigerators, etc), and most times wind up with a credit of over $20.

Just wait until they ban gas cars or come up with a polluter tax if you choose to continue driving one. The rich guys will continue to fly private jets though and govt employees will be paraded in Escalades and Suburbans!

How is taxing charging up your EV at a public fast charger different than taxing gasoline dispensed at a gas station? This was always going to happen.

On my car license tabs, I pay an additional $93 a year on the Tundra for being a heavy, thirsty truck (total license tabs were $693 this year). On the flip-side, I pay a "hybrid" penalty fee of $75 a year for driving the Highlander Hybrid, for a total this year of $597. I cannot win. :D

Already exists outside of the United States. It’s a carbon tax.

I was referring to the that something can be mandated in. For example, what is holding back the idea that an EV plugs into an address that is linked/registered to a car and then that data is transmitted to the utility company and thus you have a tax, and connection charge.

what about the GS? Nothing.

Was a foregone conclusion, no amount of taxes though are going to equal the cost of gas vs the cost of electricity.

I paid $653 for the GS tabs this year, but there were no additional charges on that car relating to fuel consumption penalties.

go figure. The hybrid has a penalty. And the non hybrid doesn’t. Same size V6. $653 is just register the plate?

Yes, $653 is the tab/plate renewal each year. Goes down slightly each year as there is an element of vehicle value in there. So this year I paid about $1900 for the three cars.