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Regulatory TREND. 3 Study Results. Colorado Pay As You Drive vs. Gas Tax

Colorado Department of Transportation released the results of a pay as you drive pilot study & here’s the results:

There will be credit for any payment of the gas tax
Participants reported that the pay as you drive system is fair
CDOT remains unsure about the future of the pay as you drive program

The parameters for the pilot:

4 months
Participants from 27 Colorado counties
Participants reported how much they drove by:
- using GPS tracker
- photographing their odometer
- other technology…

TX Attorney General Opinion Watch. Manufacturers vs. Dealers.

Texas Department of Motor Vehicles has requested an Attorney General opinion as to whether a dealer that performs manufacturer warranty repair violates the Occupations Code.

Why? A manufacturer or distributor cannot act like a dealer under Texas law.

Again, why? Texas Automobile Dealer Association filed a complaint with TX DMV claiming Cummins South Plains LLC violated this separation by performing manufacturer warranty repair work on diesel engines

Where is the legislative clean up likely? …

3 Points About Pay As You Drive in California

Caliornia’s pilot pay as your drive program is called the California Road Charge Pilot Program
The state policy support arguments for pay as your drive: fairness as pay as you drive accounts for EVs, hybrid and feul efficient vehicles
The opposition to taking the pay as your drive statewide: the privacy issues of mileage trackers.
- will mileage trackers be placed in cars? will they track GPS locations?
- will mileage trackers be installed at gas pumps and charging stations?
- will…

7 Western States Join Forces to Connect EV Charging Stations. What you Need to Know to Make your Own:

The 7 states: Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming

The MOU: Regional Electric Vehicle Plan for the West

The 7 Interstate Corridors:

Interstates 25, 70 and 76 in Colorado;
Interstates 15, 84, 86, and 90 in Idaho;
Interstates 15, 90 and 94 in Montana;
Interstates 15 and 80 in Nevada;
Interstates 10, 25 and 40 in New Mexico;
Interstates 15, 70, 80 and 84 in Utah; and
Interstates 25, 80 and 90 in Wyoming.

The goal of the states: to ease “range anxiety”

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Legal Trend Begetting Lege Trend. 3 Points from a Direct Sales Court Win in the Midwest.

Background: The Missouri Department of Revenue granted Tesla the ability to sell directly without using the dealership process. As a result, the Missouri Automobile Association brought a lawsuit in 2015.

The Appellate Court Ruling:

The Court said the Autodealers did not have standing to bring suit against the Department of Revenue and that the “association’s challenge sounded more like a competitor seeking to avoid competition than an attempt to defend a larger public interest”
Tesla’s…