This is how Congress works, for better or worse. Bills get proposed all the time by any one of its five hundred or so members, it doesn't mean either one will pass. That's democracy.

That Duffy sent this letter to the governors: https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/memorandum/Freedom_to_Drive_Initiat...

Asking them to maximise roadway capacity (that’s to say just one more lane bro) in order to solve congestion, at the explicit request to have other modes of transport minimised. “recover roadway capacity from other purposes to support driving” because that’ll solve congestion. Deeply, deeply unserious.

So to recap: we should pave the earth for gas cars, tax EVs into oblivion for the damage they do, and call it "freedom."

Hmm pretty sure this train I'm on right now is taking me home from work. Transit is such a failure that I haven't owned a car in 15 years...

Thats nice but that doesnt work for vast majority of the United States. Cars are here to stay. People live in the suburbs you aren't going to mass migrate hundreds of millions of people.

Both things can be true?

Let me guess: single, no children? Or a full-time stay-at-home spouse if more than 2 children?

Alternatively, not the US.

Married with a 4-year-old, in the US (Chicago ). About to bring her to school on the bus in a bit.

I've been paying my EV tax for 1.5 years now in NZ. It's about 2x more than hybrid cars pay thru tax. Just dropped $800 for the next 10k km. Also some sort of registration rebate has been removed so another $100 per year.

How much do gas cars pay in tax?

Equivalent to 8l/100km (29mpg) which is kinda a lot for NZ cars. Hybrids here are more around 4l/100km (58mpg).