On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:20:30 -0700 (PDT), patrick
wrote:

Been looking at the # of companies that have invested in battery
makers and the talk of a company supposedly selling electric cars in
israel in large numbers. It looks like there's going to be electric
cars on the road faster than I thought they were going to be. How do
you think governments that rely on fuel taxes are going to tax
electric cars to make up for the shortfall. Just curious... Pat

They will tax per mile traveled, or km as the case may be.
The GPS device in each car will be the tattletale for the govt.