Hybrid drivers in TN surprised by $100 extra fee for registration
Drivers of hybrids and electric vehicles in Tennessee are discovering an extra fee tacked on when they get their vehicle registration renewed.
Beginning this year, the registration fee for electric vehicles is $200 and $100 for hybrid and hybrid plug- in vehicles. If you own a gas-powered car, there is no extra fee.
Pretty soon they will have a $500 "fee" placed on all bicycles because they don't use any kind of fuel at all, and then, an additional "tax" on all bus and taxi fares for the same "reasons". irontomflint
Good! EVs have been wearing our roads out at a faster pace without paying the road tax the rest of us pay in gasoline tax. It should equal or exceed what ever the average driver pays each year for road maintenance.
You have a great point. I don't think people appreciate how much heavier EV vehicles are -- let alone how much more damage is being done by that extra weight. Frankly, the amount they're charging doesn't come close to making up what they're doing to the roads.
Tennessee currently has a $0.21/gallon tax. Assume 20 gallons a week (your mileage will vary), that's $218.40 per year. $200 per year would be close to fair if they weren't doing more damage. A quick Google shows 2,400 pounds for an ICE sedan and 6,042 pounds for the average EV.
Give the Feds time and they will be charging also. Don't even think they will let this escape their grasp. I believe the EV and hybrid owners should be paying per mile, They can require a certified odometer reading from those do-gooders before their cars registration is renewed. Then also tack on a federal charge, remember the federal gas tax does go back to the states.
Tennessee has to compensate for a "no state income tax" somehow. In this case it don't bother me because it affects Hybrids that are most likely owned by save the planet liberals.
They pulled that "maintain the roads" crap on license fees here in CA. This year I paid $225 for my 11 yr old Prius Plug-In. I wouldn't bitch IF they actually maintained the roads (and they don't).
Basically fair, as the EV guys don't pay the same gas tax as the ICE owners. Could arguably be more (due to the weight) but this is at least a step in the right direction.
Only $100.00........ make it $500.00 so we can all enjoy our AC in the hot days and central heating in the cold, that is unless they can prove the are using 100% solar or wind power to charge the vehicle.
Seriously? I get it for the plug-ins and such, but ordinary hybrids? They just get better milage than straight ICE, and weigh essentially the same. I'm not in Tennessee, but I got my hybrid because it lets me stretch the gas further post-collapse. Wish it ran on diesel tho, like my truck. Then I could run 'em both with the gajillions of gallons of used fryer oil that'll be everywhere, lol.
Pretty soon they will have a $500 "fee" placed on all bicycles because they don't use any kind of fuel at all, and then, an additional "tax" on all bus and taxi fares for the same "reasons".
ReplyDeleteirontomflint
Good! EVs have been wearing our roads out at a faster pace without paying the road tax the rest of us pay in gasoline tax. It should equal or exceed what ever the average driver pays each year for road maintenance.
ReplyDeleteYou have a great point. I don't think people appreciate how much heavier EV vehicles are -- let alone how much more damage is being done by that extra weight. Frankly, the amount they're charging doesn't come close to making up what they're doing to the roads.
DeleteTennessee currently has a $0.21/gallon tax. Assume 20 gallons a week (your mileage will vary), that's $218.40 per year. $200 per year would be close to fair if they weren't doing more damage. A quick Google shows 2,400 pounds for an ICE sedan and 6,042 pounds for the average EV.
Ought to have to pony up for the all the extra beefing of the electric grid that's required, too. Electricity doesn't show up at your house magically.
DeleteGive the Feds time and they will be charging also. Don't even think they will let this escape their grasp. I believe the EV and hybrid owners should be paying per mile, They can require a certified odometer reading from those do-gooders before their cars registration is renewed. Then also tack on a federal charge, remember the federal gas tax does go back to the states.
DeleteGovernment earned that.
ReplyDeleteOf course, there's a fee.
Tennessee has to compensate for a "no state income tax" somehow. In this case it don't bother me because it affects Hybrids that are most likely owned by save the planet liberals.
ReplyDeleteAnother reason to put peopleoff owning such a car
ReplyDeleteGood. They're not paying fuel taxes to maintain the roads
ReplyDeleteThey pulled that "maintain the roads" crap on license fees here in CA. This year I paid $225 for my 11 yr old Prius Plug-In. I wouldn't bitch IF they actually maintained the roads (and they don't).
DeleteBasically fair, as the EV guys don't pay the same gas tax as the ICE owners. Could arguably be more (due to the weight) but this is at least a step in the right direction.
ReplyDeleteStill too cheap, $1000 for that electric car and $500 for that hybrid.....
ReplyDeleteIf you wanna play you gotta pay
JD
I don’t get the tax on the hybrids. I owned a 2006 Prius. I still paid for gas and it got the same mileage as modern Asian compacts (42mpg).
ReplyDeleteWhy did you get it then?
DeleteOnly $100.00........ make it $500.00 so we can all enjoy our AC in the hot days and central heating in the cold, that is unless they can prove the are using 100% solar or wind power to charge the vehicle.
ReplyDeleteSeriously? I get it for the plug-ins and such, but ordinary hybrids? They just get better milage than straight ICE, and weigh essentially the same. I'm not in Tennessee, but I got my hybrid because it lets me stretch the gas further post-collapse. Wish it ran on diesel tho, like my truck. Then I could run 'em both with the gajillions of gallons of used fryer oil that'll be everywhere, lol.
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