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  "path": "/2026/05/18/us-bill-would-overcharge-evs-to-pay-for-road-damage-they-arent-doing/",
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  "textContent": "Lawmakers have proposed yet another punitive tax on EVs, attempting to balance road budgets solely on the back of the ~2% of vehicles that are responsible for a vanishingly small percentage of road damage.\n\nMeanwhile, gas taxes haven’t gone up since 1993… and some are trying to eliminate them entirely, during a global fuel shortage that EVs are the solution to.\n\nmore…",
  "title": "US bill proposes new national EV tax, while some push to slash gas tax to zero"
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