emoto license fees

[gromike]

Renewing my emoto tabs for my Ryvid Outset in Washington State, and for the first time paid attention to the fees imposed.
A $105 cost for being electric, let alone the $35 weight fee! Seems excessive to me.

Registration License - Renewal	$30.00
Transportation Electrification	$75.00
Electric Motorcycle Registration Renewal	$30.00
Vehicle Weight	$35.00
Registration Filing	$6.00
Registration Service Fee	$11.00
Department of Licensing Service	$0.75
License Plate Technology	$0.25

 

[99t4]

Agree that seems excessive. IIRC that fee is supposed to recoup the "gas tax" that is of course not collected with EV use. Supposed to be used for road maintenance. IMHO, it is an unfair fee, especially if you don't ride much per year.

More fair option would be a tire tax. Seems like it would be correlated more closely to actual road use and wear and tear.

 

[E-HP]

Agree that seems excessive. IIRC that fee is supposed to recoup the "gas tax" that is of course not collected with EV use. Supposed to be used for road maintenance. IMHO, it is an unfair fee, especially if you don't ride much per year.

More fair option would be a tire tax. Seems like it would be correlated more closely to actual road use and wear and tear.

They are still looking at a mileage tax here. 7 to 9 cents per mile. I don’t think there are carve outs for miles driven outside of the state, but I think it’s still evolving and hopefully a while before they do it. We already have the highest gas tax in the country, but they want to charge the EVs…pun intended.
Next they need a walking tax to maintain multi use trails, a studying tax to help with school funding, and maybe a crap tax to maintain the sewer system. No more free sh*t.

 

[99t4]

Well the mileage tax would be more equitable than the annual EV regristration supplement fee.

The main argument against it is that people perceive the mileage trackers as invasions to privacy. (As if their smartphones and online actions are not providing all that, and more.)

I'm still liking the tire tax as more equitable and fair. The calculation should take into account tire's load rating as that more closely predicts the wear and tear to the roads.

 

[neptronix]

Goodness, i spend less to register a subcompact gas car in Utah.