The academics: The Energy Institute at HAAS School of Business, University of California Berkeley
Their arguments to support pay as your drive programs:
- The gasoline tax is highly regressive, and EV drivers tend to be disproportionately high income
- EV environmental damage is not ZERO
- EV cars still impact roads and impact congestion and traffic
How many states are testing pay as you drive?
- California mileage tax pilot
- Washington mileage tax pilot
- Illinois mileage tax pilot
- Oregon passed legislation allowing 5,000 voluntary motorists to pay a mileage tax of 1.7 cents per mile
Energy Institute at HAAS | Should Electric Vehicle Drivers Pay a Mileage Tax?