Reflexive downvotes are kind of out of control on HN now (parent was gray)...<p>For those who don&#x27;t understand, gasoline taxes provide a large portion of highway maintenance revenue (often most).  Electric cars have as much wear-and-tear on roads as gas cars, but avoid that tax right now.  At some point we will need to figure out how to shift taxes from per-gallon to per-mile, or add an equivalent surcharge on electric chargers.<p>Since home chargers are just electrical outlets, there&#x27;s no real way to tax just the &quot;highway electricity&quot; there.  So we either have to increase income&#x2F;property taxes across the board, or have a mileage tax.  Most of HN would&#x27;t like option (1) because then everyone who bikes&#x2F;takes public transit is subsidizing all highway transit.<p>So yeah, it has to happen eventually.