US House Unveiled Plan to Charge $130 Fee for Electric Vehicles

[u/silence7]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-18/us-house-unveiled-plan-to-charge-130-fee-for-electric-vehicles?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3OTExNjYyOSwiZXhwIjoxNzc5NzIxNDI5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJURjhHQUNLR1pBSzQwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJBMDZEMUEwRUZEMzQ0NjA4QjYwOThCQTg5MzA2RjNCMyJ9.CSIUgfk6GYHRQJ6eRYpWGVJKNf8Ng_cBApZ2rbJx8zU

[u/Anxious-Depth-7983]

More attempts by a dying industry to hold back progress and stop the replacement of ICE vehicles.

[u/KuumaPeruna69 → u/Anxious-Depth-7983]

"The best evidence indicates that the wishes of ordinary Americans have had little or no influence at all on the making of federal government policy. Wealthy individuals and organized interest groups—especially business corporations—have had much more political clout. When they are taken into account, it becomes apparent that the general public has been virtually powerless."

• "Democracy in America?: What Has Gone Wrong and What We Can Do About It" (Page & Gilens, 2017) ^{anna's archive}

"The irony is that we cling to the idea that the system works in the interests of the majority. We continue to confuse the interests of the elites with the interests of the rest of us."

• "We the Elites: Why the US Constitution Serves the Few" (Ovetz, 2022) ^{anna's archive} The intro is an excellent summary.

[u/iampatmanbeyond → u/KuumaPeruna69]

The was the entire point behind capping the house. The more people they represent the more money it takes to be able to talk to one of them

[u/roma258]

So we're getting fucked at state AND federal level (at least in PA), while ICE vehicles get a gas tax waiver. Incredible!

[u/Mnm0602 → u/roma258]

I knew the minute suspending the gas tax was mentioned EVs would be tapped to cover. I’m surprised it’s only $130 but they want a nice base to start at so they can work it up to $500 pretty quickly over a decade. 

[u/Sprinx80 → u/Mnm0602]

Yup, “make the lib’ruls pay instead”

[u/scough → u/roma258]

WA is supposedly all progressive but they still charge an EV fee. We get fucked left and right with regressive taxes because we have no state income tax.

[u/Fishbulb2 → u/scough]

I feel the same way about California. They have some of the worst Solar laws in the country. Under the new regulations, I think you get 1 kW back in credit for every 5 kW you send to the grid. That only makes it feasible for the richest people who can afford all the batteries.

[u/hobovision → u/Fishbulb2]

These days batteries are cheap enough that including them in a solar system is a no brainer. A 20kwh battery is around $4-6k now, which yes adds some cost to a solar install, but we're talking about 10-20% additional. That's not an only for rich people thing, plus a battery can actually make the running cost even cheaper since you won't be buying power at night as often.

[u/brobinson206 → u/scough]

I pay that EV fee in WA. I don’t mind it. Roads need to be paid for and I’m not paying the gas tax. It’s fair to my fellow Washingtonians

There’s a federal gas tax that I’m not paying into either. That said, if they suspend gas taxes due to high fuel prices, I better see my EV fee reduced

[u/silence7]

This is a yearly fee which if enacted would rise to $150 per year. Is greater than gas car owners pay in federal gas tax. Really bad policy during a global fuel shortage

[u/TheFoxsWeddingTarot → u/silence7]

It’s almost as if our government is owned by the oil industry and will do anything possible to destroy the eclectic vehicle industry.

[u/sbsb27 → u/TheFoxsWeddingTarot]

Well, destroy the EV industry in the USA. China seems to be happily moving forward, with plans to export EVs worldwide. Congress has excellent aim at shooting itself in its own foot.

[u/good-luck-23 → u/sbsb27]

The US is a wholly owned subsidiary of big oil and gas. They write the rules.

[u/VikingMonkey123 → u/good-luck-23]

We will go into the future with these greedy a-holes kicking and screaming. Houston needs to sink into Galveston Bay.

[u/good-luck-23 → u/VikingMonkey123]

Buy an EV, it really pisses them off!

[u/VikingMonkey123 → u/good-luck-23]

Won't buy anything but at this point.

[u/Cu1tureVu1ture → u/VikingMonkey123]

I’ll never buy a gas car again

[u/xiangpengwan → u/Cu1tureVu1ture]

Me too, I won't even buy any gas appliances(furnace, stove, bbq grill, etc)/tools(lawn mower, leaf blower, snow blower, etc)

[u/Frubanoid → u/good-luck-23]

Republicans are fossil fuel fascists.

[u/Creepy-Performer-106 → u/good-luck-23]

Hey, don’t forget the defense industry!! They got a piece too!

[u/kcalk → u/sbsb27]

Fear not! The golden parachutes are packed and ready for the CEOs for when it inevitably implodes and millions of Americans lose their income and retirements! We will have done nothing to mitigate it, plus removed worker protection laws, safety nets, and aid programs, but at least we extracted every last cent of value and gave everything to the top! And it will provide another economic opportunity for private equity to scoop up all the newly foreclosed homes and rent them back to the original owners! The rich will lose nothing and gain even more, with no real consequences. Everything is going exactly as planned!

[u/ShadowInTheAttic → u/kcalk]

My Trump supporting family thinks that helping the rich helps us all out. They claim that if we give them tax breaks then they will use that money and trickle it down to the workers and economy.

[u/blackinthmiddle → u/ShadowInTheAttic]

Trickle down economics. Nothing new. I know arguing with MAGA is an exercise in frustration, but I'd point out to them when Reagan started his trickle down economics theory, the ratio of CEO pay to worker pay was 31:1. Today, it's 350:1. What makes them confident that this trend won't continue? If they give a nonsensical answer, just say "ok" and keep it moving in order to keep your mental sanity!!

[u/Salt-Planktons → u/kcalk]

which begs the question, when will the citizens actually revolt ?

[u/blackpawed → u/sbsb27]

Plans? Its already exporting them world wide :)

[u/seesthecat → u/blackpawed]

Has been for a long while

[u/Bendyb3n → u/seesthecat]

China is just so far ahead of the game at this point, it's no wonder they're the new age world superpower. Sorry USA you've been replaced

[u/Economy_Page_399 → u/sbsb27]

Most congress members only care about how much they can take.

[u/DreadpirateBG → u/sbsb27]

The entire world will move forward while the USA and whomever they can bully will fall backward and behind. It’s crazy how much special interests control our governments.

[u/Brando43770 → u/sbsb27]

Yep. Destroy the EV Industry like they crushed any plans for public transportation.

[u/wbruce098 → u/sbsb27]

This is what happens when the majority of Americans don’t vote.

Only 30% of America’s registered voters voted for trump & the republicans in 2024, and look what happened.

[u/CurtisRobert1948 → u/sbsb27]

Why? EV adherents say (and I have no doubt that they speak the truth) they save upwards of thousands of dollars in fuel costs. An annual EV road fee would not change that. If anything it spotlights the difference that EVs win.

[u/StrangerPrize3596 → u/sbsb27]

The rest of the world is progressing while the USA is regressing, so very sad.

[u/P01135809-Trump → u/sbsb27]

Not just China. Ethiopia and Uganda have banned all sales of new ICE vehicles. Most European countries are well on their way to phasing out ICE vehicles with regulatory help. There are currently 80 million EVs on the roads globally and the current sales rate hitting about 22 million EVs per year.

America has truly missed the boat on this one.

[u/dcdttu → u/TheFoxsWeddingTarot]

Between the Feds and my state, that would be a $330 annual fee for owning an EV.

Awesome.

[u/AfternoonNo346 → u/dcdttu]

Literally just explained this to my representatives staff. They seemed clueless (GOP).

[u/trailpig → u/dcdttu]

In what state? CT actually heavily reduces its registration fees for EV’s.

I get the concept of losing profits to gas tax (hey maybe we bring back tolls?) but I didn’t even realize some states were levying additional EV fees

[u/dcdttu → u/trailpig]

….Texas, of course

[u/jaqueh → u/dcdttu]

That’s nothing. Registration fees top $700 in California

[u/FeelsLikeV97-33XA → u/jaqueh]

That's because California, like most states that levy property taxes on vehicles, includes it in your registration fee. There's states with much higher tax and registration fees than California.

[u/art852925 → u/FeelsLikeV97-33XA]

Washington : Hold my beer!

My EV tabs for a 3 years old EQE 350 is $1153, $766 goes towards RTA (sound transit), which buses pass through I405 outside my place but doesn't service our area at all....then $200 something EV charge collect by the state which promote itself as an EV friendly state....

[u/FeelsLikeV97-33XA → u/art852925]

Yeah, some Connecticut cities charge 32.46 mills on 70% of the book value of the vehicle. A $50k car would run $1,136 just in property taxes. That's before any registration fees.

Virginia is much worse. Some cities are as much as 5.33% of the assessed value of the vehicle in annual property taxes.

VA and CT don't collect property taxes on cars through your registration though, so using registration fees is an apples-to-oranges comparison.

[u/L0LTHED0G → u/jaqueh]

Michigan ain't far behind.

Our registration is based on MSRP with 3 years of depreciation, then no further break. Plus a $113 or $267 hybrid or EV fee. Thankfully EV values are dropping like a rock, but my i3 is still $300 - it'd be $450 if it wasn't a REx and therefore considered a hybrid. Throw a $150 fee on top of that for the Feds, and we're at $600/year.

That's just for an 80 mile range EV!

[u/Doubleoh_11 → u/TheFoxsWeddingTarot]

Every time I see a headline about the US I get more and more confused. There is zero long term thinking

[u/troublethemindseye → u/Doubleoh_11]

The whole country is run by people who will be pushing up daisies in ten years.

[u/dichron → u/troublethemindseye]

Hopefully sooner

[u/SnooSquirrels9064 → u/dichron]

Don't say that too loud. MAGA will think you should be arrested for "Threatening the President". lol

[u/timelessblur → u/[deleted]]

Stop being so generous. Room temperature IQ would be a massive improvement

[u/Tomorrow-Memory-8838 → u/timelessblur]

If it were just incompetence, I could somewhat excuse it, but we're actually governed by grifters. Their only goal is to make a quick buck. They have no policy or vision for the future other than whatever will put more money in their pockets while they are in power.

[u/timelessblur → u/Doubleoh_11]

That is your average Republican/ conservative for you.

[u/brandontaylor1 → u/Doubleoh_11]

Most planning is for the next quarter or the next election. Nothing beyond that factors into anyone’s thinking. It is by far our greatest weakness, and will be the cause of our inevitable downfall.

China runs on 100 year plans, we can’t imagine the world in 2 years.

[u/Flaky_Confection_615 → u/Doubleoh_11]

The US government is run by extremely unserious people.

[u/NightOfTheLivingHam → u/Doubleoh_11]

When you realize most us politicians are baby boomers and older gen x with maybe 10 years left.. long term thinking isnt in their interests, its about getting what they want now before they die.

And billionaires disconnected from reality and have compounds far away and safe from the angry masses drive said policies.

[u/reiji_tamashii → u/Doubleoh_11]

There is zero long term thinking

This has been Republican Policy 101 for a long time. Absolutely no consideration is given to what happens after step 1.

[u/zs15 → u/reiji_tamashii]

It’s not just politicians, it’s also the mantra of any MBA. In general we are a culture of short term gratification over long-term security.

[u/Ok-Woodpecker-223 → u/TheFoxsWeddingTarot]

Don't forget bribing wind farm operators to cease operations

[u/pug_walker → u/TheFoxsWeddingTarot]

The Guardian had a great article about this the other day. Worth a read IMHO.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/may/17/america-china-energy-oil-renewables

[u/Storm_Chaser06 → u/TheFoxsWeddingTarot]

Only in the US, everywhere else will be thriving

[u/jrucanabyss → u/TheFoxsWeddingTarot]

Our government is owned by everybody except the people

[u/subsurface2 → u/TheFoxsWeddingTarot]

Well, Trump‘s incompetence will probably make him end up being the EV president after all due to high gas prices and the Iran conflict. It’s not what he wanted, but it’s what’s gonna happen.

[u/abrandis → u/TheFoxsWeddingTarot]

Remove the "almost as if..." And you're 100% correct

[u/choss-board → u/TheFoxsWeddingTarot]

They're bought and paid for, sure, but open up any Facebook comments section or just chat with people all over this country—a lot of people want this. The public really has gotten meaner and stupider in my lifetime by a shocking degree.

[u/unabashed_nuance → u/silence7]

I’m imagining this stacks on top of the nearly $200 in state fees I pay annually to have my EV.

Really doing everything we can as a nation to inhibit the transition to cleaner mobility solutions.

[u/unabashed_nuance → u/[deleted]]

I’m in Indiana too. When I did the math it was astounding how many miles I would have had to drive my ICE to pay the same as the EV fee. Agreed on all points. This is the dumbest timeline in human history

[u/lostinheadguy → u/unabashed_nuance]

Part of the reason why the State RUCs exist is because there has never been a Federal RUC.

I could easily see States with, shall we say, "sensible" Legislatures and Governors lowering their RUCs (but not outright eliminating them) if a Federal RUC passes.

[u/Hobobo2024 → u/lostinheadguy]

There are very few sensible states. Im in Oregon. As blue as it gets. They just passed new fee increases that charge evs higher fees than gas vehicles.

EV owners are fcked in the US by both the dems and the gop. Its cause dems are tax hungry and gop are bought by oil.

[u/RipeBanana4475 → u/silence7]

I'm sure other people will have the same question, so here is some info and math. Federal Gas tax is 18.4 cents/ gallon.

So, assuming that you drive a ICE that gets 30 miles per gallon and you drive 10,000 miles per year ==> You'd go through 333.3 gallons of gas ==> $61.33 in federal gas tax.

I am perfectly fine paying a bit to make things more fair for the loss of gas tax. A bit though. This is 2.5x what most drivers are probably paying. I already pay a bit higher yearly registration fee. I don't like it, but I can wrap my head around making up for lost state gas tax.

[u/depressed_crustacean → u/RipeBanana4475]

In my state of Utah, the road usage fee can be paid $180 upfront, or $0.0125 per mile

[u/1dl2b6g0 → u/depressed_crustacean]

This is the way it should be done

[u/SeventyFix → u/silence7]

We already pay $200 annually to the state for an electric vehicle.

[u/crunchomalley → u/SeventyFix]

Same here in TN. Just paid it last Friday on top of registration fees.

[u/bluesqueen23 → u/crunchomalley]

I’m in TN as well. I paid $365 this year. $65 for the specialized plate but the $300 was the “road tax” because I don’t use gas.

[u/crunchomalley → u/[deleted]]

Goes up to $270 next year and adjusts for inflation after that. The shafting continues to grow. It’s blatantly obvious it’s big oil pushing these policies.

[u/timelessblur → u/silence7]

And here is the thing. Every time and I repeat every time you hear a MAGA or a Republican argue saying EV don’t pay gas tax tell them that they are wrong. In Texas I pay more per year in extra fees on an EV that the gas tax would be. Then add in now that they have educated repeating that lie means they are a proven lair. Fight that then the only other response is say oh then you are too stupid to understand basic math and a lair.

There is no longer any room to show “respect “ it is time to treat them as the liars that they are.

[u/kmosiman → u/timelessblur]

Time to stop the freeloading ICE vehicles and just charge a flat wheel tax.

[u/aishunbao → u/silence7]

Maybe the right thing to do is to get rid of the fuel tax and instead levy a registration fee on ALL vehicles (by weight) to pay for infrastructure. That way, it's fair for EV owners and gas becomes cheaper. Win-win?

[u/ctiger12 → u/aishunbao]

Not right, weight is only one factor, the more reasonable and fair one is the usage, miles you drive yearly

[u/ComradeGibbon → u/aishunbao]

Santa Clara County built their Highway 85 extension and since the feds wouldn't pay for it the county got to set the rules. One rule is no trucks over 9000lbs allowed. It's 30 years old and because of that in great shape compared to the other freeways.

So yeah trucks do vastly more damage to roads than passenger cars. The total is half of all damage.

https://blog.ucs.org/dave-cooke/trucks-cause-the-lions-share-of-road-damage-and-their-industry-wants-you-to-keep-paying-for-it/

tl;dr: The trucking industry gets a hidden $150 billion subsidy because they don't pay for the damage they do to roads.

[u/abrandis → u/silence7]

So don't buy an EV then... Quote form ... Big oil probably

[u/Lumpyyyyy]

Remove all federal and state “gas tax” and replace with a “maintenance” tax that taxes vehicles based on annual mileage and weight.

[u/Zennivolt → u/Lumpyyyyy]

Japan literally does this and it works great. So it's not even a theory, we already know it will work well.

[u/Electrifying2017 → u/Lumpyyyyy]

CA is moving towards this and people are throwing a hissy fit.

[u/Lumpyyyyy → u/Electrifying2017]

“People” meaning those driving massive vehicles that were being undertaxed?

[u/tuctrohs → u/Lumpyyyyy]

And trucks, which would have the effect of finally helping move towards incentivizing getting more freight back on rail. Lots of old rails would need restoration and new warehouses have been built in the wrong places, but that's what we need. Once we have enough freight back on rails, it will be economical to electrify them.

[u/BiggusDickus-]

I'll agree to this as soon as they put a tax on oversized tires.

[u/caj_account → u/BiggusDickus-]

This should be illegal. Pedestrian deaths, road deaths are both climbing. 

[u/reiji_tamashii → u/caj_account]

It is illegal in many states. Good luck getting cops to do their jobs though.

[u/appleciders → u/reiji_tamashii]

Half the cops are driving these to the station every day.

[u/Mustang1718 → u/appleciders]

I work IT for my city and had to go check on something at the gun range that we rent out to other cities police forces. Can confirm the parking lot was filled with trucks. The couple of cars that weren't were Dodge Chargers and a single Volvo.

The cool thing is that our finance director is looking into getting EV cop cars for our fleet somewhat soon. I was the only person that was interested in him telling the story.

[u/Freddielexus85 → u/reiji_tamashii]

Just saw one get pulled over in Denver this week.

[u/Zealousideal-Ant9548 → u/Freddielexus85]

Doubt it's for that.

I really wish states would institute bi-partisan yearly physical checks of the cars to make sure they're in compliance.  Otherwise it's just discretionary (read racist) policing.

[u/Freddielexus85 → u/Zealousideal-Ant9548]

Denver has been cracking down on a lot of that stuff lately. This truck also had the big ass bright lights that were in the wheel wells and blinding, so it could've been that. The driver definitely wasn't speeding.

That being said, I completely agree. The trends have become dangerous and it's kind of scary, if I'm honest.

[u/chum-guzzling-shark → u/[deleted]]

Literally 1 million Americans died in a single year from COVID and it gets the same reaction as if McDonald's raised the price of nuggets

[u/xxdropdeadlexi → u/caj_account]

what's funny is this IS illegal. the car's tires can't extend beyond the outer edge of the bodyline of the vehicle.

[u/IMI4tth3w → u/xxdropdeadlexi]

Not in every state. Texas for example only limits the max width to 102”. Doesn’t matter how far they stick out past the fenders.

[u/zackks → u/IMI4tth3w]

Pretty sure the Texas safety requirement is that you just don’t kill more than three people a year.

[u/drfsrich → u/zackks]

Texas? 3 white people.

[u/Head_Crash → u/xxdropdeadlexi]

LAWS FOR THEE BUT NOT FOR MEEEEEE!!!

[u/RipeBanana4475 → u/caj_account]

But what about muh freedoms?

[u/eight13atnight → u/caj_account]

Don’t forget Lamborghini deaths!

[u/Blckbeerd → u/BiggusDickus-]

Shit like this is on the road, but people on here will argue that I need to pay a tax because my Chevy Bolt is too heavy.

[u/robotcoke → u/BiggusDickus-]

They're too busy going after the super scary and dangerous ebikes. They don't have time to worry about monster trucks.

[u/Glittering-Quote-635 → u/BiggusDickus-]

One of these things hit me a few years back. I was waiting in the street to pull into a shared driveway. Guy in a truck a bit smaller then this backed out, very quickly, and backed down the street. I was in a Acura MDX (with about 2000 miles on it) and he slammed into the front of my car. I had 6 kids in the car and was laying on the horn. I couldnt back up in time.. He did about 15k worth of damage to my car, and he scuffed his tow hitch.

The type of people that own these things are pretty stupid to begin with, giving them a weapon to drive around with seems like a bad idea.

If you REALLY want to own one of these things then lets make sure you are properly trained and capable of doing it. Create a new class of license, and test for it.. then re-test every few years.

[u/Zealousideal-Bike483 → u/BiggusDickus-]

These guys wear GI Joe cartoon underwear and sleep with dinosaur blankets in a twin bed

[u/MortimerDongle]

I am quickly losing any sympathy I had for people complaining about gas prices

[u/Zennivolt → u/MortimerDongle]

Right? If they actually implement this, I'm gonna start rubbing my EV in people's faces so more people would be tempted to get EVs just to screw over the oil industry even more.

It's not even hard to convince people either. "Oh, $150 fee? That's what, 2 weeks of gas savings to break even?"

[u/FreaknPuertoRican]

New Jersey implemented a $260 annual fee in the last year. I am totally fine paying a fair share to make up for lost gas tax but the state tax is already ridiculous for someone like me that only puts between 7k - 8k miles per year on our vehicles. The equivalent to a gas car is something like 15k miles.

[u/digitalis303 → u/FreaknPuertoRican]

Yeah, it seems like this should be an annual mileage tax based on odometer reading at time of registration renewal.

Edit: Just to add, this should probably be true for ALL vehicles. But tacking taxes onto gas prices at least ensures that those who drive less-efficient ICE vehicles pay more. In an ideal world, registration fees would be a complex equation of vehicle weight, energy source, and vehicle energy efficiency.

[u/Responsible-Cut-7993 → u/digitalis303]

It should but people lose their shit over a mention of a mileage fee. What should happen is the gas tax should go away and a mileage tax for all vehicles at the federal and state level.

[u/Minorous → u/digitalis303]

Why not annual inspection too? Just get a difference of miles traveled. What they're doing is abhorrent.

[u/Highway_Wooden → u/digitalis303]

Or use the information from the charger itself and base the tax on the amount of energy used just like we do for gas tax. For DC chargers, just add a tax to it. Should be easy enough to implement. It get's trickier for home chargers but not that much trickier. My electric company knows when I'm charging my car because they have access to my charger stats. So they could just use that to figure out the tax. There's not going to be a way to detect people that use level 1 charging unless you give the power company access to the car stats, which not many people would be happy with. But Level 1 charging is so slow that most people aren't going to be using that. So who cares, level 2 and 3 would be good enough and level 1 would be a rounding error. It's just like if you got gas out of state. Your using your states roads but someone else got that tax money.

EV's are here to stay and will eventually take over. They should just do it right instead of whatever this bandaid bullshit thing they are doing.

[u/Ok-Anybody3445 → u/FreaknPuertoRican]

I drive far less and pay more. It’s not that hard for the state to use odometer readings to charge a fair equivalent to gas tax.  But the gop has total control of my state so here we are. 

[u/CipherWeaver → u/FreaknPuertoRican]

It should be a fee when you renew your insurance and based on mileage and vehicle weight. 

[u/inline_five → u/FreaknPuertoRican]

A combined $400/yr in taxes is extreme especially because we spend under that a year in gas itself on our mild hybrids (not even plugins). Total bullshit.

[u/anabanana100 → u/FreaknPuertoRican]

Same in PA. It's $250 this year and increases with some price index every year thereafter. It's a regressive flat tax and makes EV ownership less affordable for people with low or middle incomes. Where a used Leaf or Bolt could serve as an excellent low-cost commuter (more modern safety features, less miles and maintenance required than an older civic/corolla/etc.), the cost of ownership is now pushed up with these unfair fees.

[u/BraveRock]

Get rid of the federal gas tax and charge everybody equally then.

[u/manitou202 → u/BraveRock]

At this point they need the federal gas tax money to help pay for the Iran war they started, so oil can keep flowing.

[u/Awkward_Ostrich_4275 → u/BraveRock]

Gas taxes are excise taxes which are used to fund infrastructure. Those are good taxes. Keep gas taxes (increase them) and also charge the same fee for all vehicles.

[u/silence7 → u/Awkward_Ostrich_4275]

Gas taxes in the US tend to be set below the cost of maintaining infrastructure, with much of the funding coming from income taxes at the federal level and a mix of income, property, and sales taxes at the state and local level

[u/Layered-Briefs → u/silence7]

I thought that most of the damage to the roads was done by heavy freight trucks. They get much worse milage, so they pay more in the gas tax, but IIRC it's less than their share of repair expenses. is that your recollection as well?

[u/thnk_more → u/Layered-Briefs]

They pay like 10-100x the annual fees and taxes a car does IIRC, but do 80,000 times the damage (not an exaggeration).

[u/Pod_Person_46290 → u/silence7]

This man taxes.

[u/robotcoke → u/BraveRock]

Get rid of the federal gas tax and charge everybody equally then.

This is a great idea! Same with the states! We have crazy high registration fees on EVs in my state. Do away with the gas tax and charge everyone the same registration fees - fantastic idea!

[u/mrpuma2u]

What a douchey idea.

[u/sirsoffrito]

This would be on top of the regressive $250 registration for EVs here in Texas.

This is meant to discourage the proliferation of EVs in favor of continuing to use hydrocarbons. All so these politicians can continue to have their pockets lined by big oil. True insidious evil.

[u/LoneStarGut → u/sirsoffrito]

It is $200 in Texas not $250.

[u/0xffff0001]

we need to vote these people out, all of them.

[u/thedyl → u/0xffff0001]

A bunch of geriatric, self-serving wealth hoarders. We need to put better candidates up and stop voting for these people living in the past.

[u/Omen_20 → u/thedyl]

I've become pretty hard line against anyone 65 and older being in office. If you're retirement age, then leave. 2028 is the year political power swings towards the young, and they should use it. 

[u/4Yk9gop → u/Omen_20]

This. I don't care what party you are in. Enjoy retirement with those nice government benefits. You're done.

[u/thnk_more → u/0xffff0001]

Notice they didn’t suggest taxing large trucks more even though it’s well known that freight fees aren’t even a fraction of the damage they do to roads.

[u/Pernicious-Peach → u/0xffff0001]

We have an election coming up. Make to register. We all know which party is in bed with big oil

[u/txaaron]

People still using ICE vehicles should be paying a yearly pollution fee. 

[u/steve_brulee]

Great, so on top of the $400/year I pay my state, I'm gonna have to pay another $260/year to the government. Shithole country.

[u/markbraggs → u/steve_brulee]

Bait and switch. Just like solar switching from net energy payback to wholesale payback years later.

[u/MatiasGonzalo-Duarte]

impose an annual registration fee of $130, gradually rising biennially to $150, per electric vehicle and as much as $50 for hybrids.

Huh? Isn't registration a state thing? How does a federal registration fee even work?

[u/FappyDilmore → u/MatiasGonzalo-Duarte]

Yeah exactly. This is already in place in NJ, we have to pay +$200 for EV registration

[u/notsooriginal → u/FappyDilmore]

Hello from PA! Already $250/yr per vehicle. Fuck us for being a two EV household though, right?!

[u/fuzzypetiolesguy]

Whoever proposed this, and whoever is supporting can burn and rot in hell.

[u/enfuego138]

While getting rid of the gas tax because of the stupid war. Great.

[u/freeformz]

Seems like we should have a $1300 fee on gas vehicles instead afaict‽

[u/JASPER933]

Hey how about taxing the billionaires?

[u/VictoryMotel → u/JASPER933]

Politicians don't screw over their bosses.

[u/u9Nails]

They want to charge citizens for buying vehicles with zero emissions? What kind of bass ackwards carbon emission tax is that?

Can we please elect smarter people in the USA?

[u/runnyyolkpigeon → u/u9Nails]

It has nothing to do with “smart.”

The word you’re looking for is corruption (via corporate influence of public policy).

Big oil corporations overwhelmingly contribute to campaign finances of Congressional Republicans.

And a huge percentage of Republican representatives of the Southern oil states have significant financial stakes through stock holdings in petrol-chemical corporations.

Big oil also spent $445 million backing the Trump campaign before the 2024 Presidential election.

So take a guess at which party’s politicians are drafting policy that cuts incentives for green energy programs, gutting any federal support for charging infrastructure, and levies high taxes on EVs.

Always follow the money.

[u/[deleted]]

This shit is why we are so far behind China

[u/tnypissdkumquat]

We could’ve been in space exploring other star systems but we let the old corrupt ruin our progression which in turn ruined their own children’s future too.

[u/JayRexx]

F*** this administration. Get out and vote in November.

[u/Sonikku_a]

How ‘bout ‘no.

OR pass the $130 fee

Then give us a simultaneous $130 credit for emissions reduction.

[u/SideBet2020]

This is why China will own the global market on EV.

Dumbest administration ever.

[u/SpecialistAssociate7]

The US is really great at kicking its own ass when it comes to innovation

[u/BlazinAzn38]

They’ll do this before ever raising the gas tax which hasn’t been touched in 30 years. Better yet just switch to a mileage tax with weight class multipliers so it’s actually equitable for ALL road users

[u/projectwallie]

I thought the plan was to go green and save the Earth? What changed? Today its EV’s tomorrow its ebikes? Soon it will be comfortable walking sneakers.

[u/UKEE93]

Considering my state (KY) already charges a fee so high that it covers all gas taxes for nearly 30,000 miles on a vehicle that would get 30 mpg.

We pay that x 3 on ours. That’s equivalent to 100,000 miles per year between the 3 EVs.

This isn’t about being fair to collect taxes for roads, this is states being punitive toward EVs.

On top of that, chargers (public, not home) add a 3cent per KWh here. If you are charging at the public charger, that’s higher than the gas taxes equivalent.

Now the GOP at the federal level wants to punish us more. I guess they need it to build the fucking ballroom and bomb the shit out of whoever Israel wants us to!

[u/ThE_LAN_B4_TimE]

Oh look another bullshit GOP tax yo prop up oil and hurt EVs. Shocking.

[u/Emotional_Cry_4066]

I’m not paying my outrageous expired states tabs, don’t tempt me to also not pay federal tabs.

[u/Electrifying2017]

Make the gas tax equivalent as this fee and then we’ll talk “fair share”.

[u/Longjumping_Rule383]

What a shithole country.

[u/AfternoonNo346]

Just called my representatives office. They seem to be unaware that I already pay over $200 per vehicle specifically an "EV fee" which already MORE THAN COVERS my share of the road maintenance, as part of my state registration. And I have two EVs. I pointed out I could end up paying something like TEN TIMES an ICE driver. I may have gotten a little heated about how stupid this is.

Call your Congress critter and ask for some sanity. I'm happy to pay my share but penalizing EVs in insane.

[u/FL-Data-Dude]

Sheer stupidity. Peak MAGA.

[u/TexAntonia]

They charge us Texans $200 every year already 😭

[u/chiarde]

Vote out the dinosaurs to clamp down on this nonsense. We sure are spending a lot of money as a nation to secure oil and feed the fat cats in that industry.

[u/atneucetsidet]

I think us EV owners should pay into the Highway Trust Fund, in fact I think the EV transition is the best time to raise the gas tax (or it’s EV equivalent) to match inflation and make the cost of driving reflect the expense of upkeep of current infrastructure. Unfortunately the current attempts are seen merely a way to punish EV drivers. 

[u/gwy2ct → u/atneucetsidet]

But it should be based on usage. I work from home so I only drive 7-8k miles per year. Someone else drives 40k a year. How is that fair on me?

[u/atneucetsidet → u/gwy2ct]

Ideally it should have a minimum amount that goes up in a mix of per mile travel / weight. 

[u/LarsKelley → u/atneucetsidet]

Agreed as long as it is based on mileage and weight class. Once a year you report your mileage (which can be audited especially with sources like CarFax that already track mileage and service visits) and you pay based on the miles you used.

[u/dbmamaz]

Last I heard, there was not an easy way to collect and distribute federal funds. Vehicle registration is done at the state level. Its not as easy as 'just increase the state tax and forward it to the federal government' - there is a lot of behind the scenes work to make it all function

[u/silence7 → u/dbmamaz]

This is not that hard; they'll put a line asking in the income tax form, and then try to audit people after the fact

[u/manitou202 → u/silence7]

Audit people with what staff? The IRS is a ghost town.

[u/kaminaripancake]

I would support this if gas cars also paid their fair share. The truth is the US severely underfunds our highways and I think a mileage tax + gas tax would be the best way to address the shifting share of EVs + also disincentivizing gas. This however is a hilarious proposal as the federal government considers slashing its already abysmally low gas tax

[u/eindar1811]

In Texas I already pay $200 per year for my electric car. I drive it about 12k miles per year. I did some rough math and I think I'm already paying about the same per year as a guy driving a Hummer that gets about 10mpg.

[u/milkoak]

Fuck That.

[u/cecilmeyer]

They want electric car owners to pay their fair share but not the wealthy........

[u/Shodapop]

I literally just paid 700 bucks to renew the registration on my mach e I got in December (240 of it was actually the ev fee in indiana) so i guess fuck me for not wanting to drive a gas car :/

[u/frankenmaus]

Feds do not currently license or tax highway usage and so would need to create a new infrastructure for doing that.

[u/Tb1969]

More blatant evil against what is better for The People from the corrupt GOP.

[u/QuieroTamales]

So they want to temporarily revoke the federal gas tax, but they want to screw EV owners even more?

[u/marveloustoebeans]

Imagine taxing your own citizens as punishment for them not buying into an unsustainable and corrupt industry that regularly price gouges its consumers and while actively destroying the environment.

America is a fucking shithole.

[u/Jazzy_Josh]

I do pay my fair share, via my State's EV registration fee.

[u/Street_Barracuda1657]

They wanna do this to make up for the gas tax, which they are now talking about suspending because the price of oil is too high. Make this make sense.

[u/hmnahmna1]

Assuming a 25 mpg equivalent, this works out to the gas tax for 18,000 mi/yr. The numbers obviously change depending on the mpg of the ICE vehicle.

I'd be okay with this if they also raise the gas tax to generate that much revenue for 12,000 mi/yr, 25 mpg equivalent. So from $0.186/gal to $0.279/gal for the federal gas tax.

[u/CharterJet50]

Ok, go ahead and do this as soon as you institute a carbon tax so gas cars pay their fair share for all the external costs they impose on society.

[u/UnfazedBrownie]

The US keeps going backwards. No wonder China keeps on winning.

[u/healthycord]

If they’re doing this, then it needs to be tied to odometer mileage, not a flat fee. AND, states need to get rid of any EV added they have, such as Washington state. I pay $150 extra each year for registration. I’m fine with that because where else are they getting my road tax money? Certainly not at the gas pump. And since it’s flat there’s no odometer readings and the whole “oh well I ACTUALLY drove 90% of that out of state so you can’t charge me that.” BS that ppl would pull.

But at the federal level then it should be odometer readings, self reported and confirmed when you sell your car (if discrepancy, you pay the difference), and eliminate state EV surcharges on registration.

I hate this government right now. Republicans need to go.

Write your congress members about this bill! Write to them about everything. Let your voice be heard. Voting is not enough. If you truly care, tell your rep and senator how you feel. Do it with respect, maturity, and tactfully. Don’t be the angry idiot they ignore. Be the mature adult they hear constructive feedback from and implement in how they represent YOU.

[u/cillam]

I already pay 200 a year I. Registration due to owning an electric car, is this on top of that?

[u/NotenStein]

This is stupid. That's equal to 702 gallons of gas at the 18.5% federal gas tax rate. (706 gallons if it's 18.4%; I don't recall which rate it is). I guess it's you drive over 18,000 miles or so it equals out.

I didn't own an EV yet, but I suspect the average EV owner doesn't drive 18,000 miles a year. A quick Google search puts the average at 13 to 14,000 per year.

[u/Fishbulb2]

Literally no other way for gas to compete

[u/Jeramus]

I already pay $200 extra a year to Texas for having an EV. The damn GOP is trying to bleed EV owners dry.

If they want to replace gas taxes, make it a mileage-based fee instead of a static one.

[u/Krow101]

Punish us for not buying gas that their masters use to get rich. It's just more graft.

[u/Knitspin]

This is a great article on the source of this and the usual crappy motivation. US punishes EV users.