$200 tax on green cars to cover gas tax as billions of dollars at stake

Alberta this past spring slipped green cars owners a bill for $200 tax, due every year on top of the standard registration fees, to account for the wear and tear on roads their cars cause and in doing so, it joined Saskatchewan and a number of jurisdictions in the United States that have imposed additional fees on EV drivers to compensate for the fact that they’re not paying taxes on gasoline.