Annual license plate renewal fees - how much in your state?

[EnrgyNDpndnce]

man I dunno. 10.3% sales tax already feels insane. So regressive too. Also, a ton of people that live in cities can walk to stores pretty easily. I will agree that most of us drive (or ride public transportation) places to buy things though.

Understand your reservations. Just remember that even those in cities who can walk to stores are buying goods that were delivered to the stores in trucks using the roadways. So right now people who live in cities and do not own a car pay no motor fuel tax but definitely benefit from the roads and bridges because the goods they buy are delivered via truck.

 

[silvermaxd]

Indiana:
Total Vehicle Excise Tax 2019: $407.00
Transportation Infrastructure Improvement $15.00
Passenger Motor Vehicle Registration $21.35
Personalized License Plate $45.00
Electric Vehicle Supplemental $150.00
Transaction Total : 638.35

 

[calidreamz808]

This really makes my skin crawl thinking about it up around my 1 year mark here in SoCal. My bf has a 2018 BMW 330e and was nearly $700.. that even made me cringe. I fear it's gonna really make me mad hahah Not surprised in it seeing as the state tends to fist its residents with taxes.

 

[Shunfan]

City: Seattle, WA
Model: Model 3 LR Dual Motor

Registration License - Renewal $30.00
Transportation Electrification $75.00
Electric Vehicle Registration Renewal $150.00
Vehicle Weight $45.00
Registration Filing $4.50
Registration Service Fee $8.00
Department of Licensing Service $0.50
License Plate Technology $0.25
Transportation Benefit District - Seattle $80.00
RTA Excise Tax $519.00
Total $912.25

 

[RayK]

My registration last July was for $599. Included extra $40 for the personalized plate.

Forgot about this thread... Paid my annual renewal several months back: $580.

 

[dmurphy]

New Jersey:

At vehicle purchase:
$84 - 1 year registration
$5 - registration transfer fee (from my prior vehicle)
$0.00 - sales tax (EVs are exempt.)

Year 2 renewal will be $84.
Years 3 & beyond will be $71.50.

Not so bad.

EDIT: if you don’t transfer a registration and instead need a new one, the state collects 4 years’ worth of registration fees up front. So $ (84+84+71.50+71.50) = $311.... the upside is not having to do any paperwork for 4 years.

Oh yeah, forgot - EVs are also exempt from state inspection.

 

[RayK]

New Jersey:

<snipped wildly cheap description of fees compared to most of the rest of the country>

Not so bad.

I have to say it again... Yeah, that may be so, but you're still in Jersey .

 

[dmurphy]

I have to say it again... Yeah, that may be so, but you're still in Jersey .

Beaches, forests, mountains and farmland ... Blueberries and the most delicious tomatoes anywhere ... great bagels and pizza and Taylor ham ... and 24 hour diners at every turn.

yep, awful place to be.

of course we’d be happy to sell Newark to the highest bidder.

 

[RayK]

We also have beaches (Santa Cruz), forests (redwoods, sequoias and pines... well, the ones which haven't burnt down yet...), mountains (Tahoe) and farmland (Central Valley). Not sure if blueberries are grown here but tomatoes probably are. Bagels can be found in a couple of places here, pizza lesser so (not really authentic Chicago-style despite what Pizza Hut might say) and there's a Honey Baked Ham store in town. There used to be a fair amount of places to eat 24/7 but COVID has taken its toll. Same for the nightlife (what I know of it).

Great weather (except the current heatwave; thanks global warming), the occasional earthquake swarm (6 shakers of about 3.0 each in the last 24 hours a few miles from San Jose) and did I mention the vast parking lots around here? Most other places would call them highways (or turnpikes).

re: Newark. Same can be said of San Francisco (typically by the South Bayers here) but I don't know who in their right-mind would pay for it.

 

[mattack4000]

$2k in hartford ct. rich town pays less

 

[one2many]

Why would anyone pay for a plate that is already pressed?

 

[dmurphy]

Why would anyone pay for a plate that is already pressed?

Because the government says that's what it costs, that's why.

 

[kpedraja]

$660 in the Seattle area, including $225 in fees specific to electric cars. And our governor claims to be 'green'...

Huh. Mine was well over $700. And, yes, the electric vehicle infrastructure fees here are ridiculous and a disincentive to EV adoption (there should be a tax on gas guzzlers if he really wanted to change behavior).

 

[RayK]

Huh. Mine was well over $700. And, yes, the electric vehicle infrastructure fees here are ridiculous and a disincentive to EV adoption (there should be tax on gas guzzlers if he really wanted to change behavior).

Well there is a one-time gas guzzler tax applied to the vehicle purchase, but nothing after that.

 

[C141medic]

Beaches, forests, mountains and farmland ... Blueberries and the most delicious tomatoes anywhere ... great bagels and pizza and Taylor ham ... and 24 hour diners at every turn.

yep, awful place to be.

of course we’d be happy to sell Newark to the highest bidder.

And don’t forget about those lovely property taxes.

 

[JBT66]

It was $125 for 5 years here in AZ for me.
Still good through most of 2023. This is was special rate for EVs. A similar ICE would probably be $600-700 per year.

 

[kpedraja]

Well there is a one-time gas guzzler tax applied to the vehicle purchase, but nothing after that.

Right. There are multiple *annual* taxes on EVs in Washington, but not on gas guzzlers. I'm fine with paying a replacement fee to replace the gas tax, since that goes to road maintenance. But it's ridiculous to pass EV infrastructure costs off on EV owners when we're already paying a premium for our vehicles and actually helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

 

[RayK]

CA hiked the renewal rates for EVs this past July: California starts charging EV registration fees up to $175 in July - Electrek

I don't have any problems with increased vehicle fees applied to EVs since we're not paying any gas taxes, as long as it's in line with what I would normally have paid if I was still driving an ICE.

 

[Michelle_eriw]

https://www.bmv.ohio.gov/links/bmv-all-fees.pdf#page=2

 

[mrElbe]

Here in southern Ontario, Canada we pay the same annual fee for an electric vehicle as an ICE car.

$ 120 / year
For a BEV or HEV or PHEV you can get a "green" plate at no extra charge which entitles a single occupant to use the HOV lanes on provincial highways.