$12,500 tax credit possible?

[ShirBlackspots]

VA already has an EV penalty that goes along with your registration. It's $88.20/year. Fuel efficient vehicles (over 25mpg) also pay a penalty.

In a way I don't have an issue with this, even being an EV owner. EVs are heavy (even a Leaf can be close to 2 tons) and heavy vehicles contribute more to road wear than a lighter one, all things being equal. Taxing to fund road maintenance and expansion as a function of miles driven per year and the weight of a vehicle would be a somewhat objective way of having those that contribute the most to the wear of the roads pay the most, though like any tax change, it will ruffle feathers somewhere and have ripple effects across things indirectly tied to transportation.

$88 a year in registration isn't bad. I pay $74.5 for my 2006 Ford F-150 XLT 5.4L in Texas. At least it isn't what Texas is proposing for EVs: Between $190-240 for over 9000 miles a year, plus $10 for a charging infrastructure advisory panel: https://chargedevs.com/newswire/proposed-texas-ev-tax-would-be-the-nations-highest/

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[shutterbug]

$88 a year in registration isn't bad. I pay $74.5 for my 2006 Ford F-150 XLT 5.4L in Texas. At least it isn't what Texas is proposing for EVs: Between $190-240 for over 9000 miles a year, plus $10 for a charging infrastructure advisory panel: https://chargedevs.com/newswire/proposed-texas-ev-tax-would-be-the-nations-highest/

In AZ, VLT for BEV is 4% of what it would be for a similarly valued non BEV.

 

[greenne]

$88 a year in registration isn't bad. I pay $74.5 for my 2006 Ford F-150 XLT 5.4L in Texas. At least it isn't what Texas is proposing for EVs: Between $190-240 for over 9000 miles a year, plus $10 for a charging infrastructure advisory panel: https://chargedevs.com/newswire/proposed-texas-ev-tax-would-be-the-nations-highest/

So for once living in liberal NY is actually gonna be cheaper than my red state friends!! (I don't see any interest for an added BEV "tax" here)

 

[RCGII]

I think everyone's bigger worry should be when EVs and every car for that matter starts getting taxed on mileage. Fuel taxes are already insufficient for needed road repair. When EVs reach a certain saturation, it's only a matter of time!

2022 July 01, Virginia has imposed on the registration Highway tax on your fuel efficient, hybrid, and EV vehicles at a flat rate or you can apply for a per mile tax.
Of course my 2016 Honda Civic is taxed at $38.00/year. However they do not give me any credit on all the Highway taxes I pay each time I fill up my F250. I am not sure what my Lightning annual tax will be, but I will know in about 4 weeks when I register it

 

[Roy2001]

To charge fixed amount $ per year for EV is not fair, at least to me. I drive only 3000-4000 miles a year...

 

[It's Just Me]

I think everyone's bigger worry should be when EVs and every car for that matter starts getting taxed on mileage. Fuel taxes are already insufficient for needed road repair. When EVs reach a certain saturation, it's only a matter of time!

I don't necessarily have a problem with that honestly. BUT, the dimwits in office (of any political slant) won't repeal the gas tax and implement a mileage tax. The government never gives up a "revenue stream."

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