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I think folks who rent are broadly less affluent with less dispoasble income than those who own or live in a single family home.

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Our hybrid has enough juice to go about 100 feet after being started.  It's a bit weird at first, you start it and back out with battery and no noise, then after a short while the engine cuts on.  It gets better mpg around town or in the mountains than on a freeway.

If I read the CA mandate correctly, the middle option is viable after 2035, and I think the middle option is a good one for most folks who might want an EV.  You get about 35 miles of all electric range with it.

I looked further into the CA mandate for 2035 and PHEVs are indeed included, so that's a huge dodge around having every new car being magically "nonpolluting" or whatever they claim.  I didn't see where it was defined, so in theory, a car with a small battery like ours and a 110 v plug in to "charge it" would qualify, even if it only goes 100 feet on battery power.  It's a plug in, or capable of being plugged in, though almost no one would bother.

Apparently most folks with real PHEVs rarely plug in now, which is a bit odd.

California wants to pay you $400 for ‘Road Charge' program

It's part of a statewide pilot program to test out a new funding scheme for road repairs and maintenance as fewer Californians pay the gasoline tax at the pump.

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/how-to-participate-california-road-charge-pilot/3413263/

Here’s how California Road Charge works
Just like Californians pay their gas or electric bills based on their usage, a road charge program will issue a fee to each driver based on how many miles driven per month.

Participants can sign up here between May and June by filling out a questionnaire here.
Once 800 participants are selected throughout the state, they will have to enroll through the link provided by the state.
After participants drive as they normally do from August 2024 to January 2025, they will pay monthly Road Charge payments online.
Once all required activities, including surveys, throughout the pilot are complete, drivers can earn up to $400 with the first $100 being distributed in September 2024 and the rest in February 2025.
One tax after another?
While the state argues EV owners still pay far less than gas car owners for car maintenance and energy costs, some EV drivers remain skeptical about the idea.

“One tax after another, it’s just never going to end,” Howard Alonzo, an electric car owner, said. :