$75
An annual car-tab fee that hybrid-vehicle owners in Washington state will begin paying this month to finance electric-car charging stations they will never use. Owners of plug-in electric cars already pay $150 into the state roads fund instead of gasoline taxes, will also pay the $75 electrification fee, for a total $225. The hybrid fee, awkwardly labelled labeled “Hybrid Vehicle Transportation Electrification” on bills from the state Department of Licensing (DOL) was part legislation passed in the last session “intended to promote electric vehicles and reduce carbon emissions.”
An annual car-tab fee that hybrid-vehicle owners in Washington state will begin paying this month to finance electric-car charging stations they will never use. Owners of plug-in electric cars already pay $150 into the state roads fund instead of gasoline taxes, will also pay the $75 electrification fee, for a total $225. The hybrid fee, awkwardly labelled labeled “Hybrid Vehicle Transportation Electrification” on bills from the state Department of Licensing (DOL) was part legislation passed in the last session “intended to promote electric vehicles and reduce carbon emissions.” (Seattle Times – October 10, 2019)
