Electric Cars Gas Tax
It also imposed an annual 100 fee on electric vehicles.
Electric cars gas tax. Battery electric and plug in hybrid vehicles with co2 emissions below 50 g km are currently eligible for 100 write down in the first year. Owners of standard hybrids must pay 100. California has waived a new fee for electric cars purchased before. As with car tax and company car tax the rate at which a company can write down the value of company vehicles is based on its co2 emissions.
It s costing california 32 million a tesla recharges at a station in 2017. Now electric and plug in hybrid car owners will have to pay a 200 and 100 annual fee respectively. The federal electric vehicle tax credit program provides a tax credit as high as 7 500 depending on the vehicle you choose and your individual tax circumstances. Three of those 11.
Owners of plug in hybrids and electric vehicles now have to pay 200 a year in registration fees. The california infrastructure plan passed in april raised the gas tax for the first time in 23 years bringing the base tax to 0 30. The gas tax will increase by 10 5 cents a gallon to 38 5. Rowell says he thinks the electric car fee will end up being lower than what people pay at the pump.
Electric vehicles likely to get a sales boost will include the kia e niro hyundai kona peugeot e208 the honda e and cheaper versions of the volkswagen id 3 which goes on sale in august. The state is hoping to make up for lost gas tax revenue from people driving electric vehicles. The gas tax is a fairly well designed tax that aims to achieve two main goals. The first is to capture the negative externalities caused by driving gas burning motor vehicles.
Owners of electric cars get a break on the gas tax. However before the gas tax is considered a long term policy solution it s worth discussing the tax s most significant existential threat.