MrRossKeys
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What in the actual hell?Count your blessings:
What in the actual hell?Count your blessings:
Thanks for the breakdown. This in addition to the other posts suggests that it's just a numbers game based on vehicle cost.I recently got my California renewal too. I have the AWD SR Premium. My Mach-E stickered at $51,440 with destination and delivery (included Rapid Red + Interior Protection Package).
Your First Edition costs about $7,000 more - $5,000 extra for the ER battery + $2,000 more for the FE, and then more or less depending on a couple small options.
My total is $570 ($610 really because of the $40 fee for the black plates).
Registration is $262, license is $297, $11 county/district fees, and $40 for the special plates.
As a frame of reference, I also got the renewal for my 2006 Mustang GT. The grand total for that one is $163, broken down as $122 for registration, $30 for license, and $11 for county/district fees.
The annual registration is only $35 (compared to $750 and $1500 I'm seeing here) so maybe there will be a EV surcharge as a road tax.I expect Florida will try to implement an EV registration surcharge. But I already pay state taxes on my consumption of electricity, so such a tax would be double taxation and unfair. More fair would be to have the state calculate what portion of the total tax on electricity is attributable to EVs, and send that money to the same highway fund receives the state gasoline tax.
No. California does not currently charge extra for EVs. The registration is based on the purchase value of the car.You are not paying fuel taxes, so they need to make up the the money on registration fees.
Then I would suggest you prepare for the day they figure out your not paying the state gas taxes....No. California does not currently charge extra for EVs. The registration is based on the purchase value of the car.
They'll be made to calculate this cost based on driving someday.The average ICE vehicle uses around 600 gallons/year based on typical driving. They are trying to make up for the fact that you don't pay gas-tax to use the roads.
Here in Michigan I did the calculation and worked out that the (based on Michigan's gas tax) the average driver would pay about $211 in state taxes (this excludes the federal component of the gas tax which is about 18¢/gallon).
But you're in California ... I expect taxes are higher.
This. My registration was a hair over $1200. All my co-workers said "Welcome to Colorado."Come to Colorado. 1st year registration is 2.3% MSRP.
That's for sure. They'll soon be adding an $8 fee per month for each KW capacity for solar panels. So, I have a 7KW solar system and it will cost me $56 per month because I generate solar power. So much for zero electricity costs.Then I would suggest you prepare for the day they figure out your not paying the state gas taxes....
They still got to charge people for the maintenance of the basic grid infrastructure, separate and apart from the cost of generating electricity on any given day.That's for sure. They'll soon be adding an $8 fee per month for each KW capacity for solar panels. So, I have a 7KW solar system and it will cost me $56 per month because I generate solar power. So much for zero electricity costs.