A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday by Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) and Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA) would levy an annual fee on EV owners to fund road maintenance.
Annual Road Repair Fee
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The BUILD America 250 Act, which is more than 1,000 pages long, has sought an annual fee of $130 for EV owners, as well as $35 for Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs), with the taxes also getting an annual increase of $5, to a cap of $150 and $50, respectively. The fees applicable shall “terminate on October 1, 2036,” the bill says.
States would be in charge of collecting the taxes; failure to do so would result in the Federal government withholding transportation funds, the bill said. Notably, there isn’t an annual tax on gas vehicles. Instead, owners pay Federal and State Gas taxes every time they refill at the gas station, which is then used to maintain roads and highways.
