NH imposes surcharge on electric vehicles

i like the fact that gas taxes go to road maintenance. i think in massachusetts, they got into the pols pockets, err 'general fund'

i'm hapy to pay for road maintenance, but would prefer by the mile and vehicle weight

 

In Washington state an elected official snuck in a tax on old hybrid cars that don't have any ability to generate electricity unless they fill up at the gas station, but they decided it's better to punish people for getting good MPG rather reward them. Costs almost $200 for a registration in my state because of this nonsense.

 

I no longer fly on airlines but I know I pay my tiny share for airports. No longer have anyone in public school but pay quite a lot in property tax for schools. Leave evs alone for awhile until things get sorted out as what is fair.

 

the hybrid tax is the worst, it''s just like the proximity noisemaker law

 

My beloved (though right wing) step mother who passed away from early onset Alzheimer's 2 years couldn't remember much towards the end but whenever she heard the word Prius she'd immediately tell the story of almost getting run over in the parking lot because she couldn't hear it sneaking up on her.

And I don't know about you, but I tend to notice large heavy deadly things sneaking up on me no matter how quiet they are...

 

yeah, the whole thing was a sham, politics as usual

 

A clarification: in Washington State, hybrids pay only the $75 "Transportation electrification fee".

Plug-in vehicles (exceeding 30 miles EV range) pay an additional $150 "Electric car fee", for a total of $225 in annual electric fees.

WA-DOL: Calculate vehicle tab fees

Seattle Times: Sticker shock for Washington’s hybrid and electric car owners: $75 fee in their new car-tab bills

Then add in all the Regional Transportation Authority and local Transportation Benefit District fees, and one can be spending some real money for annual renewals.

 

Actually, our Washington State government screws all of its citizens. If you drive an ICE, you pay the highest price in the U.S. for gasoline as they figured out how to add some new tax that is supposed to punish the oil companies. Regular gas is typically over $5.00 per gallon now.

 

Actually, not this week. We were highest for a few weeks, then California regained the lead.

Check back in another week or so ...

 

I live in your state and I've yet to pay more than $4 per gallon thanks to various discounts and price hunting... And quite frankly the true cost of gasoline if you figure it into the trillion dollars in annual climate change damage it should cost $50 a gallon.

I've got no problem with paying too much for gas if it helps end the use of fossil fools, but what happens is the people who use the most gas tend to be vindictive towards people who buy only a small amount or none and then claim it's to fund roads so they can add more freeway lanes that always turn into more traffic and more vehicles killing the planet not less.

What's more road repair funds should be based on vehicle weight and which roads you travel on, not petty right wingers that drive monster trucks who think hybrid and electric vehicles are an insult to their manhood.

 

They have implemented a similar tax here in Virginia. I only found out about it when I tried to renew the registration on my new PP. I transferred the old registration, and it didn't come up until it was time to renew. While it caught me off guard, I can't say I was surprised, because it was proposed before. But the previous time that they proposed it was popularly rejected because they set the tax rate too high. Govt reps commented that they didn't understand why electric/hybrid car owners wouldn't want to pay the tax since it was less than paying for gas. But what got me the most was the rate. I don't remember the numbers now, but I did a comparison of how much I would be paying in gas tax if I drove the same number of miles in my old Honda Accord, and it came out to $100 a year. The new tax was $200 a year. Sure I'm spending less on gas, and I'm willing to make up for the lack of gas tax. But that doesn't mean I want to pay double tax. Now that the tax is imposed, I tried to figure out what the tax would be, and I couldn't find anything about the rate that would help me calculate in advance what I would be paying. I had to wait until I actually was in the registration process to find out the rate. It ended up being about $160.

 

Sorry, double posted.

 

We pay about that much extra for regular hybrids in Virginia, All Va. cars over 25 MPG pay an annual penalty at registration for under-paying state pump taxes. prorated for how fuel efficient your car is.

AND, this is all NH fault! because NH had that idea some years ago, and not sure, but I may have helped spread the idea here though I do not like it/

My gas guzzler minivan is only about $35/yr to register whereas my RAV4HV closer to $100.

 

Yes , I know what you are experiencing ! Explaining how hybrids work to some people is a daunting task. To add a another layer like explaining the plug in hybrid system , is an overload !

 

Part of the way Virginia elected officials got away with this, it was a back-room deal that the public still has not fully grasped. There was no vocal public discussion they were planning to do this. This goes back 3 or 4 years now.

 

Part of the way Virginia elected officials got away with this, it was a back-room deal that the public still has not fully grasped. There was no vocal public discussion they were planning to do this. This goes back 3 or 4 years now.

 

Part of the way Virginia elected officials got away with this, it was a back-room deal that the public still has not fully grasped. There was no vocal public discussion they were planning to do this. This goes back 3 or 4 years now.