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Old 08-11-2023, 10:57 AM
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The average price for a new electric vehicle is $66,000, and the average price for a new gas vehicle is $46,000 according to a Google search. There are a lot of people that can't afford a new gas vehicle let alone a new electric vehicle. Only well-to-do people can afford a new electric vehicle.
It is totally unconscionable that the government takes the taxes from the working poor to give to rich people when they purchase a virtue signaling electric vehicle. If you want to virtue signal, do it on your own Dime, not off the backs of low income workers.
What in the world are you talking about? What taxes are taken from the poor to give to the rich?

Thanks for the info on the prices though. On the issue of fuel tax, the $66K vehicle would pay something like $1,200 more in sales tax than the gas vehicle. At $200/year, the EV would effectively be pre-paying six years of road usage fees.
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