US House Republicans drop federal $20 vehicle registration fee, back $250 EV fee

[Eugene]

Earlier DU thread: GOP megabill would hit vehicle owners with new annual charge

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Source: Reuters

US House Republicans drop federal $20 vehicle registration fee, back $250 EV fee

David Shepardson
Wed, April 30, 2025 at 7:41 AM EDT 2 min read

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House Republicans on Wednesday advanced a new $250 annual fee on electric cars but dropped a $20 federal yearly registration fee on all vehicles starting in 2031 to fund road repairs as part of a tax reform bill under consideration.

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted 36-30 to approve a proposal from Representative Sam Graves, who heads the panel. The proposal includes $12.5 billion for air traffic control reform efforts, down from $15 billion in an early draft.

The bill also includes a $100 fee on hybrids.

The highway trust fund faces a $142 billion shortfall over five years. "The system for funding our federal surface transportation is broken," Graves said.

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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-house-republicans-drop-20-114118483.html

[hlthe2b]

1. I rather doubt gas taxes for a efficient gas-driven (and certainly not for a hybrid) would total $250/year

So this is crap, IMO. (and no, I'm not opposed to subsidizing highway construction if one is not paying gas taxes at all)...

Another reason for me to buy a hybrid over an EV for the time being, imo.

[walkingman]

2. Dumbasses...there is no Planet B and we cannot live on Mars. Wake up!!

[Old Crank]

3. The real solution is complex.

If you have roads you need to pay for them, along with all attendant costs, death, injuries, pollution.

That doesn't change with EVs.

One solution is to cut the need for private cars, can work well in cities, not so much for exurbs and the country side.

The other is to tax, in some manner the people who use them. Possibly the best is some kind of vehicle mileage travelled scheme including weight. We need to greatly reduce the pollution from transportation. That will mean electric in all probability. EVs currently are heavier than similar gas cars causing faster road degradation. That also means more worn tire pollution although brake dust is reduced.

Right now there seems to be no significant discussion to come to a solution to deal with environmental impacts and the cost of roads.

This GOP solution is just stupid and pandering.