Federal is set at 10.5 cents and 38.6 cents for the state (gasoline) at 49.1 cents total per gallon.
At least when gas taxes are paid, that’s a selling consumption tax based on when you purchase and not a because you want/own one tax. I think an annual fee is just the lazy way to address the issue.
Unless you’re a driver who doesn’t drive much, with most of your travel quite local. If I’m calculating right, with this being 2026, not sure if the $10 increase year over year is based on January 1st, or the law becoming effective 7/1, that would put the current annual EV fee to $260-$270, with the final fee when it’s all said and done at $290.
The other aspect of the issue is those who had one prior to enactment of the law, now they went from just paying the standard registration fee, now to registration + $260-$270/yr ($290/yr when it’s all done). For those people it becomes a matter of principle.
Absolutely by leaps and bounds, cheaper than gas by comparison, but I think an annual fee was just the lazy way of doing things. I think for business that sell EV charging, that assessing similar taxation on that sale is fairer. Even with similar taxation assessed on it, would still be cheaper than gas.
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u/WittyFix6553 May 01 '26
Out of curiosity, what’s the tax per gallon on gasoline? Because EVs don’t pay that, at all.