Recently there's been a lot of frantic chatter about how we must tax EVs or we'll have no infrastructure funding. But is that true? We look at how transportation has been funded over the years and whether EVs should pay more.

00:00 Introduction
02:28 How do we pay for infrastructure now?
03:00 Where do gas & road taxes go now?
03:55 If not roads, then where?
05:00 Federal vs State in the USA
07:00 Do heavier vehicles cause more damage?
07:58 What about trucks?
09:10 EV tax vs gas taxes
10:12 Options
11:12 Things the US has tried...or considered
13:55 Privacy
14:17 Suggestions
14:40 What if we didn't subsidise fossil fuels?
15:18 Thanks!

Presenter: Kate Walton-Elliott
Script: Kate Walton-Elliott
Produced: Transport Evolved

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