<VV> Electric vehicles -- road taxes

[Dave Keillor]

The most likely scenario is to charge by miles driven based on GPS
tracking technology.  A trial was proposed, but it was shouted down by
opponents.  I predict the shouts of the opponents will eventually be
drowned out by the need to tax EVs and high mpg gasoline vehicles.
Vehicles lacking the technology could be made subject to hefty
"non-conforming" registration fees.

When the base technology is in place, new capabilities can be added such
as automating the tax collection process for speeding, monitoring engine
performance data to find and fine polluters, etc.  The potential uses
are endless.

Dave Keillor

-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of FrankCB at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 11:52 AM
To: kcvair at hotmail.com; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Electric Corvairs

How will "they" be able to add road taxes to your electric bill since
lots  
of people will be using NO electricity for car usage?  At least with  
gasoline, almost ALL of it is used to power vehicles for road use.
However, it 
will take separate meters to differentiate electricity that is used  for

vehicle use from electricity used to power electric heaters, A/C,
dishwashers, 
refrigerators, dryers, et al.
 
If lithium-ion batteries are so long lived, then why do the ones we use
in  
our laptops die out after 4 or 5 years?  The first one I got with my
Dell  
lasted a little over 4 years and the second one is already down almost
40% 
in  capacity after about 3 years of use.  My usage is primarily plugged
into  
120 volts AC with only very occasional use on only the Li-ion battery.
What aging experience do the rest of you get with the Li-ion batteries
in  
your laptops??????????
 
Frank Burkhard
Boonton, NJ