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David Hastings is a rare American. This long-time hybrid car owner from Oregon wants to pay higher taxes for roads and bridges and says the current 30 cents per gallon state gas tax barely affects him.
"I've been free-loading on the highways for 20 years driving electric cars or hybrid cars, getting at least 40 miles to the gallon. So I haven't been paying my share," Hastings said.
Now, Hastings will pay more thanks to OReGO -- the first pay-by-the-mile program in the U.S.
Sounds like they plan to somehow *tax by the mile* and eliminate the gasoline tax.
Who Gets Rich from this "Plan"?
originally posted by: xuenchen
The State of Oregon is starting up a program to get those people with electric cars back into the tax vacuum.
Sounds like they plan to somehow *tax by the mile* and eliminate the gasoline tax.
A GPS device will be the monitor of your travels.
originally posted by: xuenchen
The State of Oregon is starting up a program to get those people with electric cars back into the tax vacuum.
Sounds like they plan to somehow *tax by the mile* and eliminate the gasoline tax.
A GPS device will be the monitor of your travels.
Apparently the "pilot" program is voluntary.
They never give up do they.
Go OReGO.
Oregon launches program to tax drivers by the mile
David Hastings is a rare American. This long-time hybrid car owner from Oregon wants to pay higher taxes for roads and bridges and says the current 30 cents per gallon state gas tax barely affects him.
"I've been free-loading on the highways for 20 years driving electric cars or hybrid cars, getting at least 40 miles to the gallon. So I haven't been paying my share," Hastings said.
Now, Hastings will pay more thanks to OReGO -- the first pay-by-the-mile program in the U.S.
Who Gets Rich from this "Plan"?