Michigan EV vehicle registration costs

[RickMachE]

Thanks for the reply. Michigan sales tax ~$0.30/gallon= 517 gallons of gas/yr.

Yes.

Works out to 23.2mpg if you drove 12,000 miles a year. Seems fair.

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[BARRIDALE]

Just an aside, but we really have to get away from this notion that a couple hundred pounds of weight—or even a couple thousand—makes any significant difference in road wear. If the road were so fragile it would crumble to dust the first time a loaded semi rolled over it.

Also, the notion that EVs have significantly higher tire wear is wrong as well. Sort of.

Engineers found in testing that EV tire wear was significantly LOWER than expected. When they looked into why, they found that with regen braking tires lost traction WAY less often and the lower friction meant less tire dust. And WAY less brake dust. The “sort of” comes in because of the addicting quality of EV torque, which can lead the less mature among us to indulge inappropriately ?

As a qualified sept it, agenarian, I have now become less mature as I indulge inappropriately often and loving it ?

 

[Donna216]

Michigan registration is high in general but Ohio's is $200

 

[HuntingPudel]

Just an aside, but we really have to get away from this notion that a couple hundred pounds of weight—or even a couple thousand—makes any significant difference in road wear. If the road were so fragile it would crumble to dust the first time a loaded semi rolled over it.
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Not to mention the fact that many cars were heavier than the MME long ago. My little ‘69 Coupe de Ville was 5300 pounds dry. Imagine the big Cadillacs of the same year. ??

 

[HuntingPudel]

Just for point of reference, my 2021 MME’s current California registration is over $780. One of my friends was just complaining that his wife’s 6 year old Land Rover is over $900. So, I don’t think Michigan has it all that bad, registration-wise. ?‍?

I remember when my Blazer was at $26, then the minimum registration went up to $37. Then it jumped up to $360, all in the span of 5 years. ??

 

[Billyk24]

Michigan registration is high in general but Ohio's is $200

Pennsylvania raised EV annual registration to $200.

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