Quote Originally Posted by Grif View Post
Nobody said electric cars would be cheaper to run.

Tax fossil fuels more as they eventually lose popularity. On electric vehicles you can tax their road usage based on odometer readings as we all re-register our cars every year anyway.

Guess I'm not seeing a huge quandary here...
What do you do for vehicles that have broken odometers? Is it like a toll and you pay the max fee if you lose your ticket. Who checks your odometer? Why not just disable it?
Illegals do no register their cars as they are not accountable for our laws. Electricity on the other hand is something we all pay for.
Ideally, toll roads would be the best routes, you only pay for the roads you use.
As for the electric cars being better for the environment, I doubt it. Coal plants are far more dirty than our engines and those battery packs are crazy hazardous. On the other hand, once our nuke plants come online...
The hybrids hurt as well. A fender bender that would cost 1000 bucks in a regular gas guzzler may cost thousands in a hybrid since there is only one guy at the dealership that can work on them. You can't do it yourself and neither can mom and pops. That means their insurance premiums are much higher. One of my guys drives a prius, his premium is as much as my gigantic F250 which has far more damage potential than his little plastic car.