sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoCongress Wants You To Pay $130 A Year Just To Drive An Electric Carinsideevs.comexternal-linkmessage-square171linkfedilinkarrow-up1324arrow-down19
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minus-squaredogs0n@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·14 hours agoI dunno how this works, but I’d assume this national car registry already exists at the DMV because you have to register your car to drive it, no?
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 hours agoNo. The registries are all state-level, though many states do allow other states to query their systems.
minus-squaredogs0n@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoOh I forgot they were state level, I’d guess Congress could either tell states to give them the list of electric cars or ask the states to do the deed for them. I guess that could be a hard task if every system is very different. Not sure.
minus-squareAdulated_Aspersion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoAnd each state would “interpret” congress’ direction differently.
I dunno how this works, but I’d assume this national car registry already exists at the DMV because you have to register your car to drive it, no?
No. The registries are all state-level, though many states do allow other states to query their systems.
Oh I forgot they were state level, I’d guess Congress could either tell states to give them the list of electric cars or ask the states to do the deed for them. I guess that could be a hard task if every system is very different. Not sure.
And each state would “interpret” congress’ direction differently.