When I lived in SLC annual registration for my electric car was about the same as my gasoline car. In 2018 I moved to Indiana where my electric car registration was twice as much as my gasoline car registration. This was to compensate for not paying fuel tax.
California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Virginia have passed right-to-charge laws aiming to streamline the installation of residential community EV charging stations. Also, Illinois recently passed a right-to-charge law specific to new houses or multiunit buildings.
That's OK! I just won't build any new apartments in California. Insurance companies are asking if EVs are allowed in parking areas/structures. Lithium battery fires (just search here on RUclips) are a BIG concern.
@@rp9674 Why do you self-identify in public as a simpleton? It's not about how many fires, it's about the intensity and difficulty of putting out EV fires. Do your homework. Fire departments around the world see EV fires as a real problem. I'll rest easy knowing you don't. When you do see an EV fire, comeback in a week. Chances are it will still be on fire. (By the way, I you own an EV, you're not renting one of my apartments.)
@jimjones-pz1tt I guarantee I'm never renting from you. You can have your own opinion & agenda but you can't have your own facts. I live in in EV intensive area, this BS just isn't happening. I see the same disinformation going around that has been debunked.
EV's are similar to Solar in that the true benefits are financial, though not immediately clear in general thinking. Solar works far beyond "break-even", so the longer one actually owns the product, the greater the benefits with time without any environmental consideration at all. EV's will prove to be the same. The true benefits are in long term ownership and use. People don't buy solar considering resale value of the panels, but EV buyers tend to over calculate resale as how to value the purchase. ICE vehicles can last as long, but will need far more maintenance and expense to get equal utility. Ego is the only reason to stick to combustion technology and expense into the future. Solar and EV's are investments in self, rather than sales people or the environment.
I live in Dallas where F150s are the daily drivers for high school kids,and their suburban dad. Last summer we had air pollution warnings. There are no mountains in Dallas like there is in los Angela’s basin
Tim ioil companies, and corporations in general, have been getting away with not paying taxes for four decades now. Meanwhile, taxes and fees for workers and small companies go up and up and up!
That perception is caused by FUD being spready by vested interests like the oil companies and culture wars. Some people would rather be held to the whims of Middle Eastern dictators and Putin.
Fool, Taxing tires without eliminating the gasoline tax would tax ICE drivers twice. Leave the gasoline tax alone and tax EV drivers appropriately. EVs should also be taxed additionally for fire fighting equipment needed to put out lithium battery fires.
JP, very good point! Heavier cars go through more tires and do more wear and tear to roads. And vehicles that are driven more miles produce more rubber pollution and do more damage to roads. So, tax vehicles based on vehicle weight and miles driven.
Road tax should be based on the weight and footprint of the vehicle multiplied by the distance travelled on public roads. Same system for EVs and ICE and at same time abolish all fuel taxes and road tolls. Billing could be done 'on the fly' using cellphone technology reading a windscreen dongle similar to that for toll roads.
Utah winters are too cold for EVs to be practical. "There is very little maintenance" and the next day the EV is junk. A ten year old EV might be 95 percent good, but the battery is a 100 percent fail. A ten year old Corolla can last another decade.
At one point gas cars also broke people arms and yet here we are today. EV are finally practical for 95 percent of drives. And yes they work in the cold too. In 5 years, even you will benefit from clean air. You're welcome.
Search RUclips for an video titled "Meet The Tesla That Won’t Die: 430,000 Miles On One Battery!" A taxi driver has TWO high mileage Tesla vehicles both on their original batteries and motors. Can EV battery fail. Absolutely. Can they last hundreds of thousands of miles, absolutely.
I fear you are simply repeating fossil foolish petrolganda. Have you actually taken an EV for a nice, long test drive? Which model? How far did you go? What features DID you like about it?
Glad to see this segment! I've been driving electric for over 13 years, powered by sunshine on my roof, and would never go back to burning fossil fuels for transportation. What is ironic for me is that I've been an EV advocate for two decades, yet only *after* I retired from Utah State did the university become active with its ASPIRE program. I Wish I could have offered my experience and expertise to help them while I was still teaching on campus. 🫤
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300 miles of range every morning when I wake up and it costs just $9 to charge. Some people love money. Some love Gas. I love money.
EVs make my life so much easier second only to work from home.
When fleets move to electric, the drivers get spoiled by the vehicles and likely will buy EV for their personal cars
When I lived in SLC annual registration for my electric car was about the same as my gasoline car. In 2018 I moved to Indiana where my electric car registration was twice as much as my gasoline car registration. This was to compensate for not paying fuel tax.
Very interesting to hear about some of these differences between states. Thank you for sharing!
@@PBSUtah Iowa also has a road use tax when registering EVs. I think about $130 annually.
I look forward to visiting the Zion National Park and seeing what they are doing with EVs.
California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Virginia have passed right-to-charge laws aiming to streamline the installation of residential community EV charging stations. Also, Illinois recently passed a right-to-charge law specific to new houses or multiunit buildings.
That's OK! I just won't build any new apartments in California. Insurance companies are asking if EVs are allowed in parking areas/structures. Lithium battery fires (just search here on RUclips) are a BIG concern.
More of a concern than a real issue, I've seen several gas car fires, no EV fires
@@rp9674 Why do you self-identify in public as a simpleton? It's not about how many fires, it's about the intensity and difficulty of putting out EV fires. Do your homework. Fire departments around the world see EV fires as a real problem. I'll rest easy knowing you don't. When you do see an EV fire, comeback in a week. Chances are it will still be on fire. (By the way, I you own an EV, you're not renting one of my apartments.)
@jimjones-pz1tt I guarantee I'm never renting from you. You can have your own opinion & agenda but you can't have your own facts. I live in in EV intensive area, this BS just isn't happening. I see the same disinformation going around that has been debunked.
Most have moved on to other false stories since the fires thing hasn't panned out
EV's are similar to Solar in that the true benefits are financial, though not immediately clear in general thinking. Solar works far beyond "break-even", so the longer one actually owns the product, the greater the benefits with time without any environmental consideration at all. EV's will prove to be the same. The true benefits are in long term ownership and use. People don't buy solar considering resale value of the panels, but EV buyers tend to over calculate resale as how to value the purchase. ICE vehicles can last as long, but will need far more maintenance and expense to get equal utility. Ego is the only reason to stick to combustion technology and expense into the future. Solar and EV's are investments in self, rather than sales people or the environment.
I live in Dallas where F150s are the daily drivers for high school kids,and their suburban dad. Last summer we had air pollution warnings. There are no mountains in Dallas like there is in los Angela’s basin
Tax the fossil companies. Not consumers. Make it cheaper and easier for people to move to green energy and transportation.
Are all liberals as foolish as you? ALL CORPORATIONS ADD THE COST OF TAXES TO THE PRICE OF CONSUMER GOODS AND SERVICES.
There are too many taxes already.
Tim ioil companies, and corporations in general, have been getting away with not paying taxes for four decades now. Meanwhile, taxes and fees for workers and small companies go up and up and up!
@@timothykeith1367 There are NEVER enough taxes for Democrats!
Taxng the fossil companies Will merely result in higher prices at the pumps as these companies will not provide at a loss in noexpected revenues
They need to do an updated video entitled, "What is driving the shift away from electric vehicles'?
That perception is caused by FUD being spready by vested interests like the oil companies and culture wars. Some people would rather be held to the whims of Middle Eastern dictators and Putin.
How hard is it to make up for the gasoline tax with a tax on new tires ?
Fool, Taxing tires without eliminating the gasoline tax would tax ICE drivers twice. Leave the gasoline tax alone and tax EV drivers appropriately. EVs should also be taxed additionally for fire fighting equipment needed to put out lithium battery fires.
That would cause more to drive with worn tires
JP, very good point! Heavier cars go through more tires and do more wear and tear to roads. And vehicles that are driven more miles produce more rubber pollution and do more damage to roads. So, tax vehicles based on vehicle weight and miles driven.
Road tax should be based on the weight and footprint of the vehicle multiplied by the distance travelled on public roads. Same system for EVs and ICE and at same time abolish all fuel taxes and road tolls. Billing could be done 'on the fly' using cellphone technology reading a windscreen dongle similar to that for toll roads.
Utah winters are too cold for EVs to be practical.
"There is very little maintenance" and the next day the EV is junk. A ten year old EV might be 95 percent good, but the battery is a 100 percent fail. A ten year old Corolla can last another decade.
So how come Norway has them ?
Utah's not too cold for EVs. I drove electric cars for 10 years in the Wasatch Range. Electric car might not be practical for rural Utah.
At one point gas cars also broke people arms and yet here we are today. EV are finally practical for 95 percent of drives. And yes they work in the cold too. In 5 years, even you will benefit from clean air. You're welcome.
Search RUclips for an video titled
"Meet The Tesla That Won’t Die: 430,000 Miles On One Battery!"
A taxi driver has TWO high mileage Tesla vehicles both on their original batteries and motors.
Can EV battery fail. Absolutely. Can they last hundreds of thousands of miles, absolutely.
I fear you are simply repeating fossil foolish petrolganda. Have you actually taken an EV for a nice, long test drive? Which model? How far did you go? What features DID you like about it?
Glad to see this segment! I've been driving electric for over 13 years, powered by sunshine on my roof, and would never go back to burning fossil fuels for transportation. What is ironic for me is that I've been an EV advocate for two decades, yet only *after* I retired from Utah State did the university become active with its ASPIRE program. I Wish I could have offered my experience and expertise to help them while I was still teaching on campus. 🫤