Electric vehicle (EV) drivers pay more in road user fees than drivers of gasoline vehicles pay in gas taxes in many states. Road user fees for EVs include additional registration fees for efficient vehicles in 39 states, sales and utility taxes on electricity in 35 states, and taxes on EV charging in nine states. This report focuses on state-level taxes and fees on EV charging. It provides estimates of the amount of revenue EV charging taxes would raise, the costs of raising these revenues, the impacts on EV drivers and EV adoption, and the effect on broader policy goals.
Atlas finds that EV drivers already pay more in fuel taxes and fees than gas car drivers in most states, and that levying charging fees is an economically inefficient way to collect additional revenue.
