PA: $200 EV registration fee starting in 2025

[ryun]

It’s punitive. $250+/yr will really add up, especially for those of us with multiple EV households.

Yeaaahhh my wife and I definitely got the shaft on this one. Our commutes are not very long. My wife puts on maybe ~7,000 miles per year on her EV6, and since I work from home I only have ~3,500 miles on my first year. I had read that they were considering a $290 year registration fee so I guess I'm grateful it wasn't higher -- though in a couple of years it probably will be that high.

If they actually ear marked this EV fee solely for road maintenance I would probably be happy. But you're right, given that it's PA my registration fees are going to go to almost anything but maintaining our already crappy roads.

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[jeff_h]

We've got a similar law in WV, I paid $200 per year EV fee for my Kia Niro EV and now doing the same with the Lightning.

It's like a PP said above, death and taxes...

 

[VTbuckeye]

I definitely prefer a mileage based fee. Our EVs got 6k and 7k and phev 1k over the past year. Phev used maybe 15 gallons of fuel. Vermont is adding fees starting in January 2025.

 

[Lytning]

Pay them now or and pay them later.

 

[husky10101]

In Wa the extra tax for the EV is $300.00 which is much less than I would have paid in gas and diesel tax, so no complaints here.

 

[cdherman]

Death and Taxes...

Mr Trump has proven that taxes are optional as well.

I hope he does not prove that the first given can be overcome.

 

[Pro or NO]

Glad I just renewed for 2 years. I'm OK with the $250 tax. Paid more than that in gas tax with the old F150 ecoboost. Thanks for the post ryun.

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