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<blockquote data-quote="geezer77" data-source="post: 4119952" data-attributes="member: 49872"><p>People using public charging stations already pay via a "pay-as-you-go" system with a credit card for their EV "fuel". Why not just mandate that new and existing home-based EV charging stations must include a KW/HR metering function - a miniature version of the electric meter on your house. Then we can all make our choice:</p><p></p><p>(1) Drive our ICE and pay road taxes at the pump just like we do now;</p><p>(2) Charge our EV at a public station using a credit card which could include road taxes; or</p><p>(3) Since EV owners ALREADY have to have a home charging station, add a metering function which would add road taxes to monthly electric bills based on how much power is consumed by his at-home charger.</p><p></p><p>Seems simple to me to implement, would require NO mods to existing ICE or EV vehicles, no $ charges to existing ICE owners, no requirement to track mileage, and would only require a one-time modification to existing and future home-based EV chargers (add the metering function). The only taxpayer cost might be retrofitting metering to existing home chargers.</p><p></p><p>The only people that are left out of this equation as best I can tell are those few who charge off a regular 120V or 240 plug in cord overnight, but I doubt there are that many of those, and most of those are hybrid owners, who drive most of their longer trips on ICE anyway, and are thus covered by (1) above.</p><p></p><p>Change my mind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="geezer77, post: 4119952, member: 49872"] People using public charging stations already pay via a "pay-as-you-go" system with a credit card for their EV "fuel". Why not just mandate that new and existing home-based EV charging stations must include a KW/HR metering function - a miniature version of the electric meter on your house. Then we can all make our choice: (1) Drive our ICE and pay road taxes at the pump just like we do now; (2) Charge our EV at a public station using a credit card which could include road taxes; or (3) Since EV owners ALREADY have to have a home charging station, add a metering function which would add road taxes to monthly electric bills based on how much power is consumed by his at-home charger. Seems simple to me to implement, would require NO mods to existing ICE or EV vehicles, no $ charges to existing ICE owners, no requirement to track mileage, and would only require a one-time modification to existing and future home-based EV chargers (add the metering function). The only taxpayer cost might be retrofitting metering to existing home chargers. The only people that are left out of this equation as best I can tell are those few who charge off a regular 120V or 240 plug in cord overnight, but I doubt there are that many of those, and most of those are hybrid owners, who drive most of their longer trips on ICE anyway, and are thus covered by (1) above. Change my mind. [/QUOTE]
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