Pennsylvania Owners - New EV Fee Coming in 2025

[KBabione]

We bought our R1S last August and I'm getting ready to renew our registration. I knew from @Zoidz that PA was looking at either a fixed annual EV fee or a mileage-based charge, so I thought I'd do a little digging on my own to see where it stood. Here's what I found from July 10 (full article here):

Currently, passenger vehicles cost $45/year for registration, BUT you have the option to renew for two years. I'm definitely going to do that so I won't have to renew next year - a savings of $155 for me next year. If you haven't already had to renew this year I'll encourage you to do the same.

I think paying a "fee" is fair - we should contribute to maintaining the roads and bridges (says the guy who is planning to dodge it next year by pre-paying for 2025). It cracks me up a bit that EV owners pay a "fee" but it's a gasoline/diesel "tax" at the pump. I guess if they called it an "EV Tax" then someone would try to deduct it on their tax returns...

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[paejm]

The new license plate design almost makes this ok... good idea on renewing for the 2 years now to avoid the fee for a little.

 

[DuoRivian]

There is already a $200 per year fee for registration. So you are not saving much doing it now.

 

[jemkewl]

The current fee since 2022 was not 45 dollars for my Rivian. Don't have it in front of me, but the EV, plus Truck, plus vehicle weight attributes have it around $150/year.

 

[CruxOp]

Wow, that is some BS. We put less than 10k a year on the car - no way we would have paid that much in gas taxes

 

[moosetags]

Florida has proposed a $200 per year extra EV registration fee to begin in 2025. The proposal also calls for an increase of the EV fee to $250 in 2029. I'm hoping that the State Legislature will fail to pass this or the governor will not sign it.

Brian

 

[ndmiller]

~$265 in GA and I expect it to go up for GA and all states as more EV's are registered in the state. It's the gas tax that pays for the roads, so EV's need to pay as well.

 

[KBabione]

The current fee since 2022 was not 45 dollars for my Rivian. Don't have it in front of me, but the EV, plus Truck, plus vehicle weight attributes have it around $150/year.

I have the renewal from the state in front of me and it's $45 for one year or $90 for two for a 2023 Rivian SW. I wonder if the R1S is classified as a station wagon while the R1T is a truck and that accounts for the difference. Who knows what they'll do with electric trucks in 2025/2026...

 

[jemkewl]

Makes sense - assuming the truck distinction is most "impactful" to price

 

[Cycliste]

California enters the room...

 

[bigsky]

I pay a similar fee each year for each of my three EVs, 3x higher than what ICE vehicles pay. There is nothing fair about paying an arbitrarily set fee. It matters not how much or how little I drive my EVs. Indeed, I may very well park, say two of my EVs all year long, not drive them, and still will pay for this so-called "fair share."
Paying for our EV use of road infrastructure is a must, but it should be based on true fairness. Base it on annual mileage, vehicle weight for starters.
And we pay taxes on the electricity we use for charging also.
And EV registration fees here include a tax for EV charging infrastrucutre. Imagine, just imagine ICE owners paying a tax for gas station infrastructure!

 

[Ratty Poopdeck]

California enters the room...

?. Seriously, stop your whining. My registration fee for my 2024 Rivian R1S is $982. And yes, that’s here in California where they’re forcing everyone to go electric by 2035. This is what happens when you allow your state to be controlled by Democrats.

 

[nellbarr]

We bought our R1S last August and I'm getting ready to renew our registration. I knew from @Zoidz that PA was looking at either a fixed annual EV fee or a mileage-based charge, so I thought I'd do a little digging on my own to see where it stood. Here's what I found from July 10 (full article here):

Currently, passenger vehicles cost $45/year for registration, BUT you have the option to renew for two years. I'm definitely going to do that so I won't have to renew next year - a savings of $155 for me next year. If you haven't already had to renew this year I'll encourage you to do the same.

I think paying a "fee" is fair - we should contribute to maintaining the roads and bridges (says the guy who is planning to dodge it next year by pre-paying for 2025). It cracks me up a bit that EV owners pay a "fee" but it's a gasoline/diesel "tax" at the pump. I guess if they called it an "EV Tax" then someone would try to deduct it on their tax returns...

In Florida-we have tolls plus tag/registration fees. Regardless of what type of vehicle you drive you are contributing to the creation and maintenance of the roads with property taxes and other less obvious taxes. How about a pollution tax for gas vehicles that are driving on the roads? Probably offsets the taxes EV vehicles have to pay under the proposed changes…..

 

[jb0063]

There is already a $200 per year fee for registration. So you are not saving much doing it now.

Yep. Just paid it.

 

[KBabione]

?. Seriously, stop your whining. My registration fee for my 2024 Rivian R1S is $982. And yes, that’s here in California where they’re forcing everyone to go electric by 2035. This is what happens when you allow your state to be controlled by Democrats.

- Not whining at all...Just informing my fellow Pennsylvanians about an increase that can be delayed if they're able to renew for two years now. Every state is different...I can drive about an hour to Delaware and buy things without any sales tax. Everything in California seems to be more expensive - hopefully the income is there to cover it!

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