UK Pay-Per-Mile Charge For EVs Set For April 2028 - CleanTechnica

The article from CleanTechnica discusses the economic and infrastructural challenges associated with funding road maintenance and transportation systems, highlighting the complexities of who should bear these costs. It explains that while the automobile industry is a significant economic driver—employing millions and contributing about $1.2 trillion—it also imposes substantial costs on public infrastructure such as roads, bridges, and tunnels. The key question is how to fairly allocate the expenses of building and maintaining this infrastructure. Traditional methods, like fuel taxes and vehicle registration fees, have limitations in fairness and efficiency. For example, heavier vehicles cause more road wear but taxing them more can increase costs for goods, disproportionately affecting lower-income families. Fuel taxes are the most common way to fund transportation infrastructure, as they correlate with vehicle usage, but they also have equity issues. They tend to place a heavier relative burden on poorer individuals compared to wealthier drivers. Politically, raising fuel taxes is difficult, as evidenced by the U.S. federal gas tax remaining unchanged since