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I'm a Tesla driver in Texas. If part of the fee were directed to putting at least 2 charging stations at every highway rest stop, and Texas welcome center, as well as a few other places -- then I would support it. On the other hand, if the Biden administration is already going to do this with federal money -- then I don't.

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Do gasoline taxes go towards providing filling stations at convenient places? I thought they were - at least in theory - supposed to go towards highway maintenance. In which case it seems only right that you should pay some kind of fee or tax towards this; after all, your Tesla uses the same roads as any other car.

How about you raise money from other Tesla drivers to build your supercharger network instead of asking the taxpayer to foot the bill for you?

That's basically their proposition by earmarking a portion of fees paid by other EV owners.

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