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California launching pilot program to charge drivers for miles driven - It could replace the gasoline tax
California will soon begin testing a pilot program that will tax drivers based on the miles they log to offset the loss of gas tax revenues from EVs.
California is the nation's biggest EV market by a wide margin, and the relatively high percentage of battery-powered cars is digging a hole in the state's budget because it relies on revenue from its gasoline tax to fund road maintenance. Lauren Prehoda, a spokesperson for Caltrans, told news outlet ABC7 that maintaining California's road network costs approximately $8.5 billion annually. Caltrans is proposing a solution called the California Road Charge which would record the number of miles driven annually and tax motorists accordingly.
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