The state's governor is mulling the most expensive EV registration cost in the U.S. to help support a new highway expansion plan.
car owners reliant on fossil fuels pay a gas tax every time they fill up at the pump,the budget for statewide highway and road maintenance. EV owners don’t pay the gas tax. Tennessee’s transportation commissioner, Butch Eley, said the proposed $300 annual fee would put EV owners in line with state estimates of what gasoline-users spend via the tax, which Gov. Lee has declared he will not raise.
“We want to make sure there’s a fair fee for everyone...We’ll figure out what that number is and move forward,” according tofrom the Associated Press. Though the state is clearly choosing to favor fossil fuels over EVs in this policy decision, Lee probably doesn’t want to fully discourage EV uptake either, considering Tennessee is simultaneously making big investments in electric vehicle manufacturing. In September,which is slated to build electric pickup trucks and their batteries.
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