And More Taxes

Did everyone with a brain warn about this?

• IL Mileage tracker tax is back. An Illinois Democrat legislator is proposing a 1.5 cent per mile tax.
  
  
  The measure would establish a new Road Usage Charge Program. The per mile charge would require tracking devices to be installed in vehicles.
  
  
  In 2026, the proposal is a little different from the tracker legislation that was proposed in 2025.
  
  
  Senate Bill 3566 manates the new tax would only be applied only to EV vehicles for now, it would give drivers the option to pay 1.5 cents per mile, or an annual fee of $320 to the state. That fee would be charged on top of Illinois’ standard vehicle registration cost, which is currently $151, meaning EV owners would pay at least $471 per year under today’s rates.
  
  
  State Sen. Ram Villivalam (D‑Chicago) , the same individual who promoted the tracking legislation in 2025, is the same legislator who is proposing this initiative.

And guess what?

• Effective in 2028, the cost per mile would increase

Of course it will.

So the big push for electric vehicles (which are far more expensive than Internal Combustion Engine cars) was to "save" you gas costs and the environment.

But Illinois (and most other states) rely on gas taxes to fund budgets, and it's an easy way to add a penny or two per gallon that people won't notice as much (Illinois gas taxes are among the highest in the nation). Now, as budget holes grow larger, that "wallet-friendly" EV is going to cost you over $320 this year and more every year after that, rendering the "savings" pointless. And that's not even counting the electricity shortages as Fata$$ closes coal and gas plants, nuclear reactors reach the end of their functional lifespans, and these giant data centers gobble up the increasingly rare (and costly) electricity that remains.