Is a Vehicle Miles Traveled tax for electric vehicles in Michigan’s future?

It may be time to add the abbreviation "VMT" to your legislative vocabulary. In a host of other states, the Vehicle Miles Traveled tax is getting a better workout than in Michigan, where the governor has only begun to consider alternatives to the aging gas tax. There is universal agreement that as more and more electric vehicles are purchased, the state will suffer huge loses at the pump since the EVs don't pay the gas tax. The question is how they should pay into improving the roads. Some argue those drivers shouldn't pay because it would discourage the purchase of

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