Green Energy Cultists Meltdown Over Proposed EV Road-Use Fees
Albert Gore III, the son of former VP Gore, serves as the Executive Director of the Zero Emission Transportation Association and is unhappy with this development.
Posted by Leslie Eastman Thursday, May 21, 2026 at 07:00am 52 Comments
Regular Legal Insurrection readers will recall that I have been tracking the slow-motion collapse of the great electric vehicle experiment for years.
I reported on the Biden administration’s laughably failed promise on tens of thousands of charging stations.
Blue states slammed the brakes on California-style EV mandates once the math simply stopped computing, while Ford took a staggering $19.5 billion hit as it zapped production of its all-electric F-150 Lightning.
Finally, there was a serious market reckoning that saw EV registrations plunge 41% ry after federal tax credits were finally yanked.
In short: the government picked a winner, forced it on the American people, and the American people said: “No, thank you.”
Now, with EV ownership having been subsidized, mandated, and cheered by the green-energy zealots for the better part of a decade, Congress has decided that EV drivers ought to start paying for the roads they use, which is something every gasoline driver has quietly done at the pump all along.
As my colleague Mary Castain noted earlier this week, bipartisan House legislation introduced this week would impose a $130 annual fee on electric vehicle owners and a $35 fee on plug-in hybrid drivers, rising incrementally to $150 and $50, respectively, with the revenue directed at the Highway Trust Fund.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/05/green-energy-advocates-meltdown-over-proposed-ev-road-use-fees/
