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Michigan committee hears plan to levy per-mile tax on commercial electric trucks to fund roads
Summary
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee heard testimony on a bill package to apply a mileage-based tax to commercial electric trucks, tying taxable miles to the current motor-fuel rate and using IFTA reporting; sponsors said the proposal prevents loss of long-term road revenue, while industry urged careful design to avoid deterring investment.
Representative Altman, chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, introduced a package of bills intended to update Michigan’s road-funding system to account for commercial vehicles that use electricity rather than diesel. "Electric semitrucks . . . can currently operate without contributing under that same structure," Altman said, arguing that the current system is not equipped to capture revenue from battery-powered commercial freight.
The bills would apply a per-mile taxable measure to commercial vehicles that use electric fuel, limited to commercial classes, and would tie the calculation to the existing motor-fuel tax rate…
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