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Originally Posted by Badhobz
I got a feeling that by the time there is mass adoption of EVs the government will find a way to make it as expensive as gasoline. These crooks are going to want their pound of flesh too.
What’s a EV supercharger fill up right now ? 10-15 bucks ? They’ll probably slap some bs tax on that and make it 30-40 bucks if they start losing too much revenues from gasoline sales.
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Electricity rate is not something a gov't wants to tamper with. Regardless where you are, electricity is always a political issue.
Think gas price affects our life? An increase in electric price would be 10x of the effect on gas price.
This is why BC Hydro's rate, one of the conditions we agreed to provide BC Hydro a quasi-monopoly status is that any rate increases needs to be justified and approved by the government.
And for any politician who dare to touch this in any meaningful way, it's political suicide not just for that person, but the party as a whole. Look what happened to Ontario Liberal Party with Hydro One. They basically became a nothing party... not just becoming the opposition... they are more or less irrelevant.
I can see EV be required to pay some fees at registration/insurance to cover some revenues currently being added to gas at a certain point in time. But the difference between EV and ICE in operating costs is staggering. If example of some US states are any indication... say $100 or two. What's that in today's gas price? Half tank to a tank?
