On the bright side, Indiana doesn't require a front license plate unlike most of our neighboring states.
We apparently tied Kentucky in a recent article for most boring state. IMHO, driving a Tesla can help relieve boredom. Lol.
On the not so bright side, Indiana loves to tax and collect fees for motor vehicles.
Electrics and hybrids enjoy more "fees" with a $150 or $75 fee to replace "lost" fuel taxes. The State recognized that on my renewal forms; Tesla triggers said fees.
I got a surprise today when I decided to renew online at the Indiana BMV site of my 17 S's expensive but legally required license plate and registration.
I could not proceed using the Indiana BMV website for plate renewals required a Emissions #.
Ok I thought maybe I would use the mailed paper version. Sure enough it also had a box for the Emissions #.
I called into the Indiana BMV; you can't call a local branch anymore. 45 minutes until I got to a agent. They were surprised that a purely electric vehicle needed such. They noted 2017 vehicles are within the group tagged for this requirement.
I am supposed to get a call back. Unless I hear something back, I will visit a local BMV office, maybe a human override option exists.
I have no idea if my Tesla even has a OBD2 port that an emission facility could even use.
Any other "Hoosier"s out there with a Tesla in a model year that requires this (2013/2015/2017) run into this yet?
We apparently tied Kentucky in a recent article for most boring state. IMHO, driving a Tesla can help relieve boredom. Lol.
On the not so bright side, Indiana loves to tax and collect fees for motor vehicles.
Electrics and hybrids enjoy more "fees" with a $150 or $75 fee to replace "lost" fuel taxes. The State recognized that on my renewal forms; Tesla triggers said fees.
I got a surprise today when I decided to renew online at the Indiana BMV site of my 17 S's expensive but legally required license plate and registration.
I could not proceed using the Indiana BMV website for plate renewals required a Emissions #.
Ok I thought maybe I would use the mailed paper version. Sure enough it also had a box for the Emissions #.
I called into the Indiana BMV; you can't call a local branch anymore. 45 minutes until I got to a agent. They were surprised that a purely electric vehicle needed such. They noted 2017 vehicles are within the group tagged for this requirement.
I am supposed to get a call back. Unless I hear something back, I will visit a local BMV office, maybe a human override option exists.
I have no idea if my Tesla even has a OBD2 port that an emission facility could even use.
Any other "Hoosier"s out there with a Tesla in a model year that requires this (2013/2015/2017) run into this yet?