Ev vehicles sask

[burnt]

So there a $150 tax when you buy new Ev in Sask. Which in my option should be 1500. But anyways,this morning on 650 some environmental company will pay the tax for ya! How nice!

How about a RECYCLE FEE on whole dam car, BATTERY massive environmental charge. Wrecking the planet mining, hauling rare raw materials.

All costs considered, would a tax of $15,000 cover it? I don't think so.

County and municipal governments should be getting half of the recharge fee to recoup the taxes lost in fuel pump taxes. So the plug in better be priced at double the cost of electricity.

Electricity costs $.25? The EV freak better be paying $.50 at the least to plug in.

A reality check might help them see the true cost of EVs.

I hate paying for their hypocrisy.

[furrowtickler]

Chuck, try a mathematical exercise. Take it to the extreme that your leaders are mandating. At 100% EV's ( as they are promoting, including heavy trucking), and therefore no gas taxes collected anywhere, where does the funding come from for road maintenance and construction?

Do EV's not need snow plowed off, or sanding? Do they not wear the pavement out, or pack the gravel on gravel roads? Will nature stop heaving and cracking our roads if we all drive EV's? Will we never need to build a new road or upgrade an intersection if we all drive EV's?

Or do you expect to exponentially increase the fuel taxes on the remaining ICE vehicles, until the last person to be driving an ICE vehicle ends up shouldering the entire burden of maintaining our entire infrastructure all by themselves. Then what happens when the last ICE is driven off the road due to the astronomical cost, will it be OK to tax the EV's then?

There is no room for common sense , not against EV’s at all but you bring up a lot of valid points
Along with the massive mining projects that must be undertaken to supply the EV battery market . Unless they can develop batteries without the need for rare earth minerals.
Also materials needed to build the rest of the EV , unless they all get 3D printed .. which is possible too.

[beaverdam]

Them's coal powered cars !

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Chuck, try a mathematical exercise. Take it to the extreme that your leaders are mandating. At 100% EV's ( as they are promoting, including heavy trucking), and therefore no gas taxes collected anywhere, where does the funding come from for road maintenance and construction?

Do EV's not need snow plowed off, or sanding? Do they not wear the pavement out, or pack the gravel on gravel roads? Will nature stop heaving and cracking our roads if we all drive EV's? Will we never need to build a new road or upgrade an intersection if we all drive EV's?

Or do you expect to exponentially increase the fuel taxes on the remaining ICE vehicles, until the last person to be driving an ICE vehicle ends up shouldering the entire burden of maintaining our entire infrastructure all by themselves. Then what happens when the last ICE is driven off the road due to the astronomical cost, will it be OK to tax the EV's then?

[fjlip]

How about a RECYCLE FEE on whole dam car, BATTERY massive environmental charge. Wrecking the planet mining, hauling rare raw materials.

[chuckChuck]

Yeah the Sask Party said it was to make up for the road tax not paid for with electricity. As if EVs cause a lot of road damage compared to heavy trucks which cause the largest amount by far.

They happily subsidize the hell out of public highways, but will not provide any incentives for EVs to help build infrastructure and encourage the transition like many other states and provinces are already doing.

And they are still subsidizing the oil and gas industry with low royalties and incentives. But EVs never! LOL

[Kraut]

So there a $150 tax when you buy new Ev in Sask. Which in my option should be 1500. But anyways,this morning on 650 some environmental company will pay the tax for ya! How nice!

People on the right of this issue are applauding government intervention and a new tax being applied. People on the left of this issue are decrying government intervention and an adjustment to the playing field with a user fee going to government coffers.
People make no sense.

[Robertbarlage]

So there a $150 tax when you buy new Ev in Sask. Which in my option should be 1500. But anyways,this morning on 650 some environmental company will pay the tax for ya! How nice!