(and some invalid ones)

As much as I dislike the idea of mileage-based charges (feels like a Big Brother type thing of reporting your miles over x period of time), it seems like the "easiest" way to do it.....essentially you pay for how much you use the road.   If you charged based on kwh you charge your vehicle, that'd be "easy" to do at public stations, since it'd just add $x.xx tax to whatever charge is put into the vehicle, similar to the gas tax, but would be difficult for at-home charging, unless your charging plug at home had a meter on it.  Otherwise, you'd somehow have to split out your electric for your house from charging your car (or knowing gov't, they'd take the opportunity to just add a "EV tax" on all of your electric usage).  And in this scenario, those that have solar and can charge that way would be paying less or nothing into it. 

The counterpoint is going to be "but Corvette switched from front engine to mid-engine".   And yes, it did, but it's at least always been a 2-seater, so at least that's a closer move.   I'd support a mid engine EV/hybridized 2-seat Thunderbird (with a bird logo with lightning bolt like wings) before I would support making Mustang into that.

To add, as more EVs hit the road, local governments are receiving less fuel tax revenue...the very money traditionally used for road and infrastructure improvements. In Florida, for example, a portion of those gas taxes is shared between counties and cities to maintain local roads and transportation systems. With the shift toward EV adoption, there’s a growing concern among municipalities about how to make up for the shortfall. Policymakers are now exploring ways to ensure EV drivers contribute their fair share for using the same roadways, whether through mileage-based fees, annual surcharges, or other mechanisms.

Nah because that would require them actually being held responsible for what they are doing...which is the issue.   Check out people who get elected to Congress-once you get in, its really hard to get rid of them. 

3 looks like an E to someone who is dyslexic and its next to the 3 on the keyboard too 😛    Thinking it is a typo  

It's definitely an issue with both parties. Liberals pushed too hard, and not being realistic about the limits of the technology. Then you have conservatives who, as you said, basically want to deny that climate change is even a thing and who have a mentality of burn whatever you want, who cares about emissions.    Frankly I think both parties need to grow up, learn how to work together, and how to compromise, instead of just attacking each other. 

It started with liberals pushing EVs as a mandate to stop global warming and doomsday predictions which triggered hard push back from conservatives who either didn’t like EVs (for a number of valid reasons) and/or didn’t believe in global warming and/or didn’t believe the doomsday predictions.   Had they simply allowed EVs to be developed without mandates and government incentives based on normal market demand you wouldn’t have all the pushback.    

TE?  I thought the new BOC pickup was T3?  Or is TE the next gen Lightning and T3 is smaller?

My point exactly.  It’s not a Mustang it’s a new vehicle with corvette price and performance whether it’s front engine or mid engine.