Trump nominee says Boeing needs 'tough love,' EVs should pay for road use

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Trump nominee says Boeing needs 'tough love,' EVs should pay for road use

By Reuters
January 15, 202511:37 AM EST • Updated 2 hours ago


U.S. Transportation secretary nominee Sean Duffy arrives to meet with U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 11, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo

WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to head the U.S. Transportation Department said Boeing needs "tough love" to get back on track after a 2024 mid-air emergency and that electric vehicles should pay to use roads. ... "We have to make sure they are implementing their safety plan. We have to push the (Federal Aviation Administration) to make sure they're implementing their safety plan," former House lawmaker Sean Duffy told the Senate Committee at his confirmation hearing.

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FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker plans to step down on Jan. 20, while Deputy FAA Administrator Katie Thomson left the agency last week. Trump has not yet named a new nominee to head the department.

Most revenue for federally funded road repairs is collected through taxes on diesel and gasoline, which EVs do not pay. "They should pay for use of our roads. How to do that, I think, is a little more challenging," said Duffy. ... Some states charge fees for electric vehicles to cover road repair costs. Congress for the past three decades has opted not to hike taxes and instead used general tax revenue to address shortfalls in the federal highway trust fund.

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Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Alison Williams

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1. What the fuck do you know about Safety Plans, you non-rated fuckturd?

You do know, however, how to get your wife pregnant to the tune of nine children.

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2. Have no problem paying my share to drive an EV but tell me how it's going to work.

IMO, it has to be a formula based on weight and number of miles driven.

In the old days when most every car got around 15 to 20 MPG, having a tax per gallon of fuel made sense, but not anymore.

Some states have added a yearly fee for hybrids (which makes absolutely no sense because if a small car gets 40 mpg and a hybrid gets 35 mpg, why tax the hybrid??? Out of spite of course).

My idea would be to declare every year how many miles you drove and based on a study by, say, 5 engineering schools, have 5 different weight classes on the wear and tear your vehicle produces, and that generates the tax. Now what about those that claim 10,000 miles on their Suburban when it was actually 40,000? When they transfer the vehicle they would have to pay the difference between claimed and actual mileage.