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Who knew? Not me.
Apparently our last year's Virginia GA changed our state gasoline tax to a de facto "Miles Driven" basis.

If you renew your Virginia vehicle registration, and your car exceeds 25 MPG EPA rating, you will be politely advised that you are underpaying pump taxes, and to be fair, you will be assessed an extra fee. In my case owe an extra $35 taxes because my new RAV4 Hybrid gets 40 MPG.

Because my wife and I do not put on too many miles in retirement, and with COVID, that means I probably now pay a little more combined Va. pump tax with my RAV4 Hybrid than I would with a non hybrid RAV4. Not to mention significantly more annual car tax in Northern Virginia .

I have mixed emotions though, I am pleased that we are not singling out Hybrids for punishment like many Red states are doing. In Virginia's case, apparently, anyone with a car over 25 MPG owes a new fee out of fairness (fairness to who? The people who feel conservation of resources is a bad...