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According to the CA DMV, all pickups in California are commercial unless they have camper attached. If they have a camper they can be registered as a passenger or a commercial vehicle. If you were able to get yours registered as a passenger vehicle you are lucky. The additional weight fee is because the gross vehicle weight puts it in the class of a 3/4 ton pickup.

My 2020 Ram 2500 was $980 last year. My Rivian was just over $1000 last year. I should have received a renewal by now but it hasn't shown up yet. The DMV website is telling me $1119 for this year.
Why more this yr?.
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It's funny how everyone has that as an impression. Not my experience at all.

Been here through the 2020 "snowmageddon", and no issues at all. I've always been at ¢13/kWh.
When I drove through Texas the EA stations were crazy cheap, I was paying around 8 bucks including tax for 73 kw.

On I-10 Texas is almost half the drive from Pensacola, FL to Palm Springs, CA, total charge cost at all EA stations for that drive was $160.00 Mostly because how cheap Texas was.

Anyone making that drive plan as many charges in Texas as you can get.
 

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$75.

People have to remember. Property tax (for the most part, and sales tax) are the only self inflicted taxes. You don't need a $2M house, expensive clothes, liquor, etc....
In TX, FL, WY you can minimize those taxes. In states like CA, NJ, NY, MN, OR that's not the case and you pay the piper.
I own a $500k 1600sqft house in FL and pay $9k/yr in property tax even with homestead.
 

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It's funny how everyone has that as an impression. Not my experience at all.

Been here through the 2020 "snowmageddon", and no issues at all. I've always been at ¢13/kWh.
I have a good friend that lives in Prosper, his utilities are crazy and he said it was normal for Texas. Maybe it's just his house is too big.
 

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I can't wait to get out of this state. $1172 a year isn't the end of the world, but it sure feels excessive. My 2019 GX460 is under $400... I guess the state would rather I drive my gas guzzling V8 than my R1T. I'll pay this extortive bill and sleep better knowing I only have to pay this one more time, because I'm out of here in under 2 years. What state are you in and how much do you pay to register your Rivian?

Maybe I am not understanding what you are asking/showing, but to register a vehicle on Florida is :

$47/year for 2020 Mazda CX-5
$37/year for 2020 Nissan Altima

Since its by weight, my Rivian will be more, maybe $60-70/year (?). What CA invoice are you showing there that is $1172? It can't be for the license plate sticker for a year is it?
 

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I love it when people buy a $80-100k vehicle then complain about a 1k registration... or 1.5k tires...

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Why more this yr?.

I know the VLF portion of the registration is based on a percentage of the value of the vehicle. Maybe it went up in value ? I think it may be because they now have an embedded $175 yearly fee for "expensive" EVs in the registration portion of the bill. Although I expected that to be listed as a separate line item.
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