Cybertruck Kills Kansas City Streets?!?

In a way . . . Everything about EV tech is a lie . . . But this worthwhile report about electric vehicles shares a glimpse at a problem that's easily SOLVED WITH MORE TAXES — The only "solution" that local government seems effective at offering constituents.

Check-it . . .

"The increasing fuel efficiency of cars, while great news for our carbon emissions, cuts into gas tax revenue and makes it harder to pay for road work.

"Kansas and Missouri can’t shake their pothole problem. And now fuel-efficient cars — and the slow, steady invasion of electric vehicles —  makes the problem more daunting."

Here's the how of it . . .

"The rise of electric vehicles that don’t require their drivers to pay taxes has put transportation and public works departments funding road work on shrinking budgets.

"(Studies on) the effect of greener cars on street repair funding . . . Found that by 2030, the average driver will only pay 1.4 cents per mile in gas taxes. In 1994, they paid 3.2 cents per mile."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

KC roads could just get bumpier. Eco-friendly cars are chipping away at street repair funds

More electric vehicles mean less gas tax money to pay for road work. Here's what that means for Kansas City's pothole problem.