GOP Budget Proposes $200 Annual Fee To Register EVs

April 29, 2025 Politics, Republicans

Politico reports:

The House Transportation Committee early on Tuesday released draft text of its portion of the GOP’s sprawling domestic policy bill, which it plans to mark up Wednesday. The proposal includes $15 billion for upgrading various parts of the aviation system, as well as new fees on electric vehicles and a first-of-its-kind $20 annual fee on all other passenger vehicles.

Lawmakers have toyed with the idea of moving instead to a system of charging people based on how many miles they drive, but that idea has privacy challenges and so far state-level pilot projects have not been nationalized. Besides the broad $20 levy, the proposal would impose an annual vehicle registration fee of $200 for electric vehicles and $100 for hybrid vehicles.

Read the full article. The new fees, meant to prevent an increase in the federal tax on gasoline, would go into effect immediately. States and the feds have long grappled with how to levy electric vehicles as they don’t contribute to gas taxes that support highway infrastructure.



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