On Dec 5, 9:23*pm, "
wrote:

But rest assured they will find a way to tax it if electric autos become a
lasting reality.

As they should. *Someone has to pay for the roads. *Who better than the users?

Who better to pay for the roads? I see it this way.
The municipal governments pay for maintaining
the roads, then they put another chunk of money
into trying to set up urban mass-transit. They've
got it all wrong. They are subsidizing the oil
companies by repairing the roads that are being
used by their customers. Let the oil companies pay
for the roads.
And hey, the U.S. owns about 40% of GM, let GM
be turning out cablecars.