State EV Fees -

[zefram47]

I'm fine with paying my fair share but EV registration fees are the lazy way out. Fuel taxing is no longer an effective way to pay for our infrastructure. They should eliminate fuel taxes and move to a usage based fee.

They could charge a high fee for say 35,000 miles per year usage and then allow folks to opt into a program where they have their mileage scanned annually and only be charged based on their mileage.

Many states already have kiosks for emissions testing where they scan a vehicle via OBD port. Those could be utilized for this purpose.

Unlikely to happen any time soon. Even if you did it with OBD vs GPS-based tracking other states would never agree. There'd be no way to know how many miles you did in your home state vs others and no way to share that revenue. Almost no one will agree to GPS-based mileage tracking. Not to mention, even with OBD checks that means going somewhere to have it done. One of the perks of going to an EV is never having to go to the emissions check place and spending even more money to get checked.

I would take any of your reg costs. Colorado is the land of taxes. Want to buy a vehicle? Gimme tax, want to drive your vehicle? Ownership tax yearly. 1st year on R1S was $1800.

Seriously. Of all the places I've lived, Colorado is the highest of all of them for vehicle registration because of that damnable ownership tax. I don't think any of the other states I've lived in have charged a usage/ownership tax annually...the sales tax was enough for them.

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[moosetags]

I would take any of your reg costs. Colorado is the land of taxes. Want to buy a vehicle? Gimme tax, want to drive your vehicle? Ownership tax yearly. 1st year on R1S was $1800.

Boy, that's a bunch. When we recently renewed the tag on our R1T, the two year renewal was $255. I realize that when the EV fee kicks in, it will more than double the tag fee, but it's still nothing like you are paying.

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[emoore]

I would take any of your reg costs. Colorado is the land of taxes. Want to buy a vehicle? Gimme tax, want to drive your vehicle? Ownership tax yearly. 1st year on R1S was $1800.

You obviously haven't lived in California or Illinois

 

[Kacey3]

Coming soon to a tax office near you ?

What's funny is while the EV Fee is annoying, I am actually more bothered by the Inspection Fee... since 1) Texas is eliminating required inspection, and 2) EVs don't need to be inspected, anyway.

 

[Supratachophobia]

Ohio here. $200 per year for EV, $150 for hybrids.

 

[teartags]

Just paid my 1st CO registration on the R1T. Ouch. Over $1200
Combined EV taxes were around $63

 

[LeDiable]

2) EVs don't need to be inspected, anyway

I've never had to have a vehicle inspection, but this could cover more than emissions - things like tire tread depth, brakes, lights. Safety stuff.

But again, never lived anywhere that required inspections so I don't know for sure.

 

[fastwheels]

Pretty cheap registration there.

I got hit with a significant EV surcharge when I renewed last May, smaller one on my wife's PHEV. You might be in for a surprise this year when you renew...

 

[Fmc]

Here is how dumb La. is..it is self-reported on your income tax return and not on vehicle registration.
https://www.theadvertiser.com/story...s-fair-share-fee-ev-hybrid-owners/7497434001/

 

[Dark-Fx]

I got hit with a significant EV surcharge when I renewed last May, smaller one on my wife's PHEV. You might be in for a surprise this year when you renew...

Michigan has had the EV tax for a while now. Base registration is off MSRP so it's expensive to begin with.

 

[f1racer328]

Anyone have any AZ registration fees? Looking at buying an R1T soon and figured it'll be around $1400.

 

[ads75]

I know a lot of people think mileage fees are fair, but there are a lot of toll roads out there, some of us are already paying mileage fees for those. Mileage fees would double dip those of us that pay tolls. And I don't see the bureaucracy involved in those organizations going away.

 

[emoore]

I know a lot of people think mileage fees are fair, but there are a lot of toll roads out there, some of us are already paying mileage fees for those. Mileage fees would double dip those of us that pay tolls. And I don't see the bureaucracy involved in those organizations going away.

Don't ICE cars double dip for those toll roads too? They still have to pay taxes on gas so that would also be double dipping. The EV fee is meant to replace the gas taxes lost, not tolls.

 

[HeresRonnie]

Washington state has a EV fee but we also have a thing called RTA tax within parts of the Seattle Metro. The R1T is exempt due to weight but I imagine having to pay that as well would drive my registration through the roof.

 

[jeeden]

Virginia has it too for about $200. Something new I saw though is we just renewed the registration on a little 4 cylinder Ford Escape last week and got hit with a "fuel efficient vehicle fee" because it gets over 25 mpg haha...

Of course we get hit with a property tax on every vehicle in addition to income tax, sales tax, registration, inspection ,etc and a lot of the roads around here at HOT (High Occupancy Toll) roads

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