Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2022

President Biden called on Congress to suspend the federal gas tax for the next 90 days, through the busy summer driving season—18 cents per gallon for gasoline and 24 cents per gallon for diesel. He also called on states to suspend their state gas taxes as well or to find other ways to deliver some relief.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2020

Fuel use dropped from 4.6 It also resulted in fuel-tax revenue reductions, which vary by state. In California, where vehicle miles dropped more than 75%, the state’s fuel-tax revenue under Senate Bill 1 (2017) also plummeted from $61 million in early March to $15 million for the second week of April.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Eleven states currently assess fees on electric vehicle owners in lieu of traditional fuel taxes, according to the US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Highway maintenance has traditionally been funded from a combination of Federal and state taxes collected at the fuel pump.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2022

The package makes significant investments in reducing carbon emissions, preservation and maintenance, expanding multimodal options, public transportation and pedestrian safety. 3 billion for maintenance and preservation. $3 Notable investments include: $5.4 billion toward carbon reduction and multimodal expansion. $3

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2011

Minnesota’s highway revenues are derived from three sources: the gas tax, vehicle registration fee or tabs and the motor vehicle sales tax. These funding sources support construction and maintenance of the highway system. People interviewed included knowledgeable transportation experts as well as the general public.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

There are also unanswered questions about how to even finance electrification or road construction and maintenance given lost revenues from fuels taxes, Foss said. Thus, the success of EVs, much less anything else in the energy transition hopper, cannot be divorced from the geopolitics of the day.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2010

users pay for the construction and maintenance of roads via a federal fuel tax. Revenues from the tax go into the federal Highway Trust Fund, which is independent of the General Fund; every five years or so Congress passes an authorization bill to allocate these revenues. States use similar mechanisms.

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