"Annual PEV fee"

Indiana it's $50 for a standard Prius and I don't know if they charge more for the Prime but electric is $150.

I always think big oil has their hands in this or just another conspiracy theory?


Indiana too slaps electric cars with $150 fee for not using gas

 

I agree.

 

Actually, they do.

 

So do you have to pay $100 for an electric golf cart?

 

No, the BIG OIL guys plays golf, it would be against their best interest. lol

They have rules that low speed vehicles are exempt.

 

They're not very clear. First search result for me, doesn't really clarify:

What is the registration fee for a hybrid or electric vehicle in Tennessee? – Tennessee Department of Revenue

I would phone up your office, ask them specifically about the Prime.

 

Yeah would seem so. But, as I just happened to hear on our radio: "keep your hand on your wallet, and count the silverware", lol.

My thought: regardless of what they're saying, if they want to make some serious revenue, they're going to include everything using any amount of electric propulsion, since there's precious few pure-electric vehicles out there as yet.

 

The link posted is the Department of Revenue. While you are talking to them see if you can show them the contradictions on their page. The titles mention hybrids but the law quote excludes them.

 

Just tell them you never plan to charge up.

 

At our Ag fair every year, there are vendors marketing 'low speed' vehicles. Many of them are electric, and they are exempted from much of the Auto Industry regulations. These vehicles often have a top speed of 30mph. They can not go onto some roads.

Full speed vehicles can be driven on the interstate freeways and must comply with all safety regulations.

 

If you live in a state where roads are built and maintained with funds from a tax on motor fuels and you have a vehicle that uses no gasoline or diesel fuel, do you feel that you can share the roads but not the cost of maintaining them? I suspect that the law was passed to get the owners of Teslas to pay their fair share.

 

Yes I do,

200,000lb Sand mining and forestry equipment is responsible for most road damage in my area but pays no road tax

I’m not sure how much damage my 1800lb car does nor my 3200 lb car but I’m guessing my fair share isn’t much compared to the tax except road trains going to the depot.

Even semis in this area can simply “write off” the cost of fuel this paying no road tax.

Close those loopholes then maybe we can reconsider what lightweight cars that don’t cause road damage should be paying

 

Sorry, but -all- vehicles driven on the roads cause some damage/wear. Paying a "fair share" is pretty much obvious. Oh, and if you think $100 is too much, better check up how much a PU truck or even a "standard" Prius pays in fuel tax per year. It's a lot more. Oh, and while you're at it check how much it actually costs to build or repair a road. It's crazy expensive.
And if you still object, I don't want to hear any of you complaining about the terrible potholes or the bridges that keep falling down.

 

Yeah, but doesn't it burn you up, that gas consumed equates to your share? How about vehicle class and miles travelled?

 

To be fair there are a lot of other cost to maintaining our highways than just paving.
If you drive a new car in Indiana you pay more for your license plates. The more the new car cost the more you pay. My new Prius is about $300 a year.

My biggest problem is I buy eight car plates and have two trailers.