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Originally Posted by rmay635703
Wisconsin taxes aren’t on fuel economy
A 30mpg pickup is taxed the same as an 8mpg pickup
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Your earlier description made it sound fuel economy based.
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Originally Posted by rmay635703
A “hybrid” or plug in pickup (if it existed) is exempt from the hybrid or plug in fee increases depending on how its titled, a farm or commercial truck appears to be exempt from the special taxes while a “passenger vehicle” is not.
Both my antique car and truck use about $200 a year of fuel so my “rate” of tax is exponentially higher on the cars.
My old pickup made it 5 years not being charged wheel tax while my antique cars and motorcycle were being charged wheel tax the whole time.
This tax also charges hybrids and plug ins the same high tax fees even though one is very different than the other
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I decided to go to the source material. What am I missing here:
Annual Registration:
https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/dmv/v...se-plates.aspx
Annual registration / plate for a automobile is:
$85 + $75 for a hybrid or $100 for an EV
Annual registration / plate for a light truck is:
$100 + $75 for a hybrid or $100 for an EV
Titles:
https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/dmv/v...es/titles.aspx
$164.50 or $157 for a low speed vehicle
Makes no reference to vehicle type.
Wheel Tax:
https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/dmv/v.../wheeltax.aspx
For automobiles or trucks less than 8,000 lbs
Varies from $10 to $30 per year
I can't see anything here that is going to influence someone's decisions when buying a new car where the mean transaction price is $41,000. (The median was about $10K lower last I found it) The difference is less than a rounding error in the overall cost to purchase and operate a vehicle.
Farm truck rules are different but what percentage of Wisconsin residents are farmers? Nationally 1.3% of US households have farm or ranch income.