Texas EV owners to pay $200 a year to renew registration

In Texas, InsideEVs reported that Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a new tax into law that will see electric vehicle owners pay $400 to register a new EV and $200 a year to renew registration.

Texas Senate Bill 505 was passed by the state’s Senate at the end of March, followed by the House in late April, and Greg Abbott made it official on May 13 when he signed the legislative proposal into law, according to the report.

Going into effect September 1, the new electric vehicle tax is dedicated to the state highway fund, the report added.

Texas has nearly 200,000 electric vehicles registered in the state. More than 30,000 new EVs were added to the roads so far this year, according to data from the Dallas-Fort Worth Clean Cities Coalition cited by The Dallas Morning News.

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