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Kentucky is threatening to raise the fuel tax $0.10 a gallon....and that got me wondering about an electric vehicle - my trip to work is only 9 miles each way. If I had an electric vehicle.......I pay "ZERO" taxes for riding on the highways and contribute nothing toward road repair.
At a going rate of $16,000 - $30,000 for an electric motorcycle.......it appears I am just going to have to pay the tax increase like everyone else. Electric motorcycles are a long way from being a cost effective mode of transportation.....unless you live in an area that supplements the cost with tax breaks, free parking and charging - and allows other folks to supplement the cost of your electric vehicle. If you are looking for cost effective transportation......seems to me a $3,000 used bike and $13,000 - $27,000 worth of gas money will get you farther than a new electric motorcycle!
(The shameful thing about the road tax increase in Kentucky - is them taking money out of the road taxes and diverting it to the General Fund.....to pay for shortcomings in other places in their budget like the underfunded retirement accounts and refugee programs).
From work I can drive 4 miles over into Ohio.....and buy my gas cheaper - so that will likely be my plan for avoiding the tax increase.
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