[Unklejoe]

There is a serious push to find a way to tax electric car owners to make up for the lack of a road tax that’s normally rolled into gasoline prices. Some people will propose tracking the mileage, while others will resist that idea because of privacy reasons. It will be debated here on HN.

Kind of a cheat guess since it’s already starting to happen now, but I expect it to intensify as more and more people get EVs.

[whatusername]

Here’s an example - not sure on HN discussion: https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/registration/registration-fe...

[csa]

This already happens in many states.

Annual egistration for EVs in California (where I live) is a few hundred higher for EVs versus comparable ICE vehicles.

[cromulent]

Yeah, already happening in Aus and proposed in Fin.

https://www.drive.com.au/news/electric-car-road-user-charges...