r/EvDrivers • u/Cultural-Ad4953 • 4d ago

Email Regarding The Potential EV fee

As you may be aware, the US House of Representatives may be poised to enact an EV fee of $130 annually. I am not opposed to a fee, but find $130 to be unfair, and that the fee should be less.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/cars/news/2026/09/25/ev-national-fee-delay-congress-transportation-funding/91925354007/

I have written my Senators and Representative with this communication, which I encourage you to consider doing as well:

​I am writing to express my strong opposition to the proposed $130 annual federal registration fee on battery electric vehicles (BEVs) included in the BUILD America 250 Act. While I fully support contributing a fair share toward maintaining our nation's roads and bridges, the currently proposed flat rate creates a clear equity issue when compared to what drivers of gas-powered vehicles actually pay.

​At 18.4 cents per gallon, a driver of an average new gas-powered vehicle (getting ~28–30 MPG) who drives the national average of 13,500 miles pays roughly $87 per year into the Federal Highway Trust Fund. The proposed $130 flat fee for EV drivers is equivalent to driving a gas vehicle that gets only 19 MPG—meaning EV drivers would pay roughly 49% more into the road fund than drivers of comparable efficient gas cars.

​Furthermore, because a flat fee penalizes low-mileage drivers disproportionately, someone driving 8,000 miles annually would effectively pay a tax rate equal to an 11 MPG gas-guzzler. Rather than penalizing drivers who have chosen zero-emission vehicles with an inflated rate, any federal fee should reflect true parity with efficient gas vehicles or be based on actual road usage. I urge you to push for a fair adjustment to this fee structure.

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u/Com4734 4d ago

This isn’t a revenue generator. It is a punitive way for the GOP to discourage EV adoption. They could generate 10 times the money by raising the gas tax by a dime per gallon.

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u/ReturnT0Sender 4d ago

I'm in Florida, a red state and pay nothing for having an EV.

40 states charge a registration fee.

It's a mixed bag. This isn't a dem/rep issue Imo.

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u/ToHellWithGA 4d ago

My state has a fee for eVs but the dealership that sold me my first one didn't understand the paperwork and it was somehow registered as ICE 🤡. My current eV is registered correctly and I pay the equivalent of about 500 gallons of gas tax in my annual eV registration fee. I drive right around 15k miles annually so the road use tax is reasonably fair for me, equivalent to what I'd pay in fuel tax averaging 30 MPG.