We recently completed a series of newsletters (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3) about the renewed calls for levying a set of surcharges–or thinly disguised taxes–on motorists to help rescue the Federal Highway Trust Fund. National calls are picking up in momentum for the implementation of a system of travel fees layered on top […]
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The Road User Charge by Any Other Name: NMA E-Newsletter #555
September 2, 2019 • 0 Comments • Electric Vehicle, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, GPS TRACKING, Infrastructure, NMA, PRIVACY, REVENUE GENERATION, Road User Charge, VMT, VMT Tax
The Car That Almost Was
In the department of What Might Have Been, we find a car almost no one who isn’t a car industry insider has ever heard of — but which very nearly was. You haven’t heard of it for good reason. Well, good reason from the point of view of other insiders—the ones inside the government. It is a car […]
Electric Cars cause a Jam
Electric Car Company Tesla’s Founder Elon Musk just admitted something which is getting very little coverage and no explanation. He announced that Tesla would no longer be selling the “affordable” $35,000 Model 3 he promised would be Tesla’s first mass-market electric car. Like so many of Elon’s promises, that one’s out the window, too. The […]
Electric Cars at the Crossroads
Have you ever heard the story about Robert Johnson at the crossroads? Johnson was a blues man, back in the ‘20s. The story goes he acquired his skill as a blues man by signing a contract with Legba, a term now out of currency for you-know-who. The Devil, in case you don’t. Johnson sold his […]
Are We Slinking Ever Closer to a Universal Road User Charge? Part 3—Regional and Local Efforts: NMA E-Newsletter #551
August 5, 2019 • 0 Comments • Electric Vehicle, Fuel, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, Infrastructure, PRIVACY, Road User Charge, SAFETY, Technology, VMT, VMT Tax
In Parts One and Two of this series, Are We Slinking Ever Closer to a Universal Road User Charge?, we explored what is happening on the national level and in Congress respectively. Road User Charges (RUC) are also called Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax (VMT) or Mileage-Based User Fees (MBUF). A number of states are experimenting […]
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