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by fodkodrasz 1023 days ago
In the EU the excise tax on petrol is minimum €0.36 per liter!

That gives 200 USD -> 183 € -> 508 liter -> 134 gallon.

My fairly outdated small but somewhat sporty car with high consumption (9l/100km rounded up) would go 5600 kms from that. Here EVs have to pay no excise and no parking fees and no yearly engine-power based taxes for their cars, while ICEs must, based on age, environmental category and engine power...

Compared to that you still pay some taxes, still that amount is negligible to the taxes some pay for ordinary ICE cars.

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Here the combined state + federal gas tax is $0.47 per gallon.

A gas BMW 3 series actually has a very similar curb weight to a Tesla Model 3, around 4,000lb.

At 30mpg, $200 worth of gas tax would buy 425gal of gas and take me ~12,700mi. I usually driver under 8,000mi per year.

It's definitely not crazy, but strange that it is costing more than our gas tax.