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Committee member questions Highway Trust Fund treatment of EVs, cites $1 billion federal spending on EVs
Summary
A committee member questioned whether electric vehicles contribute to the Highway Trust Fund and criticized federal spending on EV promotion, while a witness noted Texas added a registration fee for EVs but said the fee "is a bite of the apple."
A committee member raised concerns during the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that federal spending to promote electric vehicles has not corresponded with widespread charging infrastructure and questioned whether EV drivers contribute to the Highway Trust Fund.
In a Q&A segment, the committee member said the Biden administration "spent 1,000,000,000 of dollars promoting electric vehicles and, very few charging stations, I might add,…
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