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The Vehicle Miles Tax: The Unintended Consequences Of Paying As You Drive, Gregory A. Lush
The Vehicle Miles Tax: The Unintended Consequences Of Paying As You Drive, Gregory A. Lush
Gregory A. Lush
3. A Vehicle Miles Tax Reduces Manufacturer Incentives to Build Electric Vehicles
It follows that if consumers have few incentives to buy electric vehicles, manufacturers will have less of an incentive to make them. If electric cars were not in demand, then why would anyone make them and try to sell them? In a market that is finding electric vehicles to be a tough sell, we need to encourage the sale and production of electric vehicles as much as possible. The effect of enacting a mileage-based tax will be the attrition of automakers producing electric vehicles, furthering the nation’s dependency …