The EV Tax Paradox: Why America Penalizes Clean Vehicles While Protecting Gasoline

The proposed BUILD America 250 bill reveals a fundamental misalignment in America's climate strategy: it taxes the 2% of vehicles driving the clean energy transition while allowing the gas tax to remain frozen since 1993. The legislation exposes how fossil fuel industry lobbying continues to shape US infrastructure policy in ways that disadvantage EVs globally and undermine both climate goals and American industrial competitiveness.