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Originally Posted by JSH
Your complaint is pretty much only relevant to early Leafs with crappy batteries.
BTW, what is the break-down of that $665? The Wisconsin DMV says a plate is $85 and EVs have a $100 surcharge.
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The $100 is terrible but the title fee is where you get raped
Registration = State + County + municipality fees
Plug in Title = 2.5x your particular registration cost
The county+local can be as much as state taxes and the additional title fee is horrifying.
My complaint is true of every non-Tesla up through the Bolt even including PHEVs and hybrids that pay extra taxes.
A car that can’t drive at least 300 miles and has a real and useable charge network in the area should pay less registration than a gas car since it’s not possible to use it like a gas car. EVs in Wisconsin average under 5000 miles a year and are still very rare, with the pollution they avoid you should pay minimal title plus registration to encourage not discourage their use.
I much rather see reduced EV taxes to encourage ownership than a government subsidy on new cars nobody buys that I have to pay back in the form of increased BEV taxes.
It is worth noting most cars including EVs are bought used in Wisconsin, reduced taxes would be the only way to motivate our dismal 3500 REGISTERED EVs on the road number up.
And all this coming from someone who doesn’t own a modern BEV,
The people I talk to despise the title fees and the changes that skyrocketed insurance costs, these types of conversations do occur with people that buy cheap used cars whether plug in or not.
The new market isn’t the only thing we need to concern ourselves with if we want normal people who buy used cars to get into BEV