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InsideEVs
Technology
Tim Levin

Congress Wants You To Pay $130 A Year Just To Drive An Electric Car

  • A proposed bill would slap EV drivers with a $130 annual fee.
  • The federal gas tax raises money for highways, but EV owners don't pay it. It also hasn't been increased in decades.
  • EV and environmental advocacy groups slammed the move.

EV owners have been sitting pretty as prices have blown past $4.50 a gallon. But get ready for your costs to go up. U.S. lawmakers proposed bipartisan legislation that would impose a $130 annual fee on electric car drivers.

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