The push to impose fees on electric vehicles appears to be dead in the Republicans’ megabill, but it’s likely to be a central topic when lawmakers start writing the next surface transportation bill.
Republicans in both the House and Senate say it’s important for electric vehicles — and hybrids — to pay into the federal Highway Trust Fund. A big question is how.
Many Democrats and EV advocates have come to accept there will be some kind of fee on the new breed of cars and trucks, although they argue that some of the Republican proposals amount to overkill.
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“Fixing the HTF is long overdue, and Congress must tackle this growing problem,” House Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Sam Graves (R-Mo.) wrote last week in a Washington Times op-ed.
