by walterbays (Posted Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:31:57 GMT)
It would do more for EV adoption if they kept the sales tax and license fees, or even increased the license fees to make up for lost gasoline tax revenue - AND they banned utility demand charges for quick charging at least until some date a few years in the future. With a few years' experience with a significant number of EV's on the road they could intelligently assess how much of a negative impact is QC on the grid due to afternoon recharging - or whether EV's are actually a positive impact on the grid due to the other 99% of recharging done overnight in garages. Then after assessing actual usage, if need be they could set QC demand charges properly.
It would do more for EV adoption if they kept the sales tax and license fees, or even increased the license fees to make up for lost gasoline tax revenue - AND they banned utility demand charges for quick charging at least until some date a few years in the future. With a few years' experience with a significant number of EV's on the road they could intelligently assess how much of a negative impact is QC on the grid due to afternoon recharging - or whether EV's are actually a positive impact on the grid due to the other 99% of recharging done overnight in garages. Then after assessing actual usage, if need be they could set QC demand charges properly.