Washington, D.C. Wants To Punish Heavy Vehicles, Including EVs, With Increased Fees | Carscoops carscoops
Washington, D.C. could enact a stricter ‘fat tax’ that penalizes vehicles based on how much they weigh.sounds like something dreamed up by Mazda Miata engineers, but it would result in higher vehicle registration fees based on the shipping weight supplied by manufacturers.
Vehicles weighing 3,499 lbs or less would be charged $72, while models weighing between 3,500-4,999 lbs would cost $175. That would jump to $250 for models weighing between 5,000-5,999 lbs , before topping out at $500 for vehicles weighing 6,000 lbs or more. This means models falling into the heaviest category would see their registration fee climb by $345 annually.The real kicker is that the increased fees would also apply to electric vehicles, which depend on heavy lithium-ion battery packs.
Regardless of how you feel about the proposal, it probably doesn’t hurt that the move would result in approximately $40 million of new revenue for the city over the course of the next five years. Given that, it’s not surprising the proposal has reportedly “sailed through D.C.’s city council, receiving unanimous approval first from the Committee on Transportation and the Environment and then as part of the city’s overall budget package, which was approved this week.
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