Yay me! I get to pay the corrupt state of Washington $750 per year for the privilege of driving my own car 6 - 7,000 miles. Who else has had enough of this crap ⁉️
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Electrification fee is absurd
Welcome to Seattle!!!!!
Lol youre welcome to move to any other state.
Your paying for the new seattle transit. Remember to validate your cars value as their calculation tends to overvalue your car after a few years. Lowered mine by about half last year
Yay! Me too in LA! +$50 for custom plate
My renewal fee in Seattle was $1150. $750 just for RTA excise tax. So I updated my address to my other home in Snohomish and it dropped it to $343. Sweet Jesus.
Nevada would like a word
At least you don’t have income tax!
Your leadership is following California
$700 in SC too, on a 2019.
https://preview.redd.it/u660k45o0efg1.jpeg?width=1320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7c087dc174dbd60a94abb36b6e17f7b6d3502d9d Just renewed mine in AZ for 2 years... 🥴
Worst part is all this tax money gets mismanaged to hell and nothing good to show for it.
Don’t worry, that’s coming soon. The democrats want to start with a “millionaire’s tax,” but one of the representatives explicitly stated they’re working towards slowly bringing a standard income tax for all Washingtonians.
$1500 in Colorado !
They closed half of the busiest lanes of a perfectly-fine section of I-5 North for the ENTIRE 2026 calendar year. Only God knows how they’re burning that money.
Normal
$300+ in New Jersey
No, I’m not abandoning my home. This state can be so much better than what it’s becoming. Moving to a new state would just trade one set of problems for another set of problems.
If you’re complaining about a 700 fee you’re nowhere close to being a millionaire lmfao. Also an income tax is forbidden by our constitution you bozo
I know it’s forbidden, but that’s not going to stop the activist judges from reinterpreting the constitution to fit whatever agenda the democrats want. Are you living under a rock??
Wow, I just paid $272 in TX and thats $200 extra because its electric. Excise tax is some serious BS.
Mine is over $700 in Alabama because of the EV registration fee and annual ad valorem. At least he gets to live in Washington…
so much for the green energy push
Dang I pay 400 for a 2020. Why so much ?
Then leave.
No. Make me.
No one hates millionaires and billionaires getting taxed more than dudes making $30k a year with no insurance.
2nd home but mad about registration prices? Man I should have been investing n in real estate when I was in 5th grade
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Do some searching and find out where that electrification tax money goes. It will make you way more angry...
It goes to equity programs. It's beyond absurd
2024 m3p, I dunno
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$800 in Iowa
AZ is based on vehicle value. I have a 2022 LR and it was $300 last year. You obviously have a brand new car with every option 😂
CT $1-200 I believe. This is fucking crazy.
Jesus I only pay about 300 in GA due to custom plate.
California fees are the same. Texas relatives pay $122
That’s pretty much what it is here in NV. You’re gonna pay one way or another.
2025 M3P Highland and well worth it. 😎👍 https://preview.redd.it/a8ffjbvd4efg1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be7973789ee7cf7849a25ac4d8a5bfa6c1104127
It’s been like this for years. Owning two EVs, I initially had a similar reaction as you, but it actually isn’t so bad in most cases if you do the math. EVs are heavier than comparably sized non-EVs, causing more road wear, and we don’t pay any gas taxes. If you take an average annual miles of 12000-15000 miles, average fuel efficiency of 25-30 MPG (fairly efficient) and Seattle gas taxes being around 50 cents per gallon, they’re paying roughly $200-$300/yr in gas taxes, which is close to what you’re paying as an electrification fee. The unfair part for you is that you drive lower miles than average, and there isn’t a specific metered tax for EV charging as there is for fueling. Another way to make it more fair would be to add more tolls, so it is usage based, but that penalizes people who drive specific routes.
With no gas taxes applied, I think $225 per car for road maintenance is entirely fair. And fwiw, my tags cost $700/yr without any EV fee. Different states get their taxes different ways, mine bones you on vehicle registration.
In Texas we don't have an income tax, but our registration fees are about $75 per car per year, plus $200 for an EV. $275 total is not too bad.
My renewal of my 7 year old model 3 is $608 this year. I'm in Nebraska. $150 of that is an alternative fuel tax. Registering here in general is expensive regardless though.
Is it a surprise in your state?
Found the Trump voter 🤮
Colorado would like a word
RTA tax, what else to say here. I’m gonna switch to non EV car due to that.
I have bad news for you…..the RTA Excise tax applies to all cars, not just EVs 🫠
Sure but electrificarion does not
Whatever happened to $35 tabs that we the people voted for?
I don’t miss my M3LR. Don’t vote me baby.
I've found it cheaper to just let it go until the plates expire and a cop warns me about it.
880.00 in Vegas
I mean I live in King County too but the only fee that's specific to a Tesla is the $225 for it being electric, everyone pays the sound transit tax. My wife's Jeep is not much less.
how about California? new EV owner here, will I get a shock of bill over $1k?
I’ve done research on consequences of not paying your tabs. At a 800/year in Iowa, the penalty is not severe enough (with my risk tolerance) to justify paying that much. Check back in a few years to see if I’m net positive.
You don't get second home money by not caring about $750. I assume anyway. My vacation home is a tent.
Over $1,000 in Nevada
Doesn’t it go towards improving public transit ? Personally that doesn’t bother me
As of July 1, 2025, the Washington state gas tax is 55.4 cents per gallon for unleaded fuel. Including the federal excise tax of 18.4 cents, drivers in Washington pay a combined minimum of 73.8 cents per gallon in taxes. Also every July 1st it goes up 2%, so its even higher than you calculated.
I pay about $700 for my 2019 m3lr. Cali
Part of it is based on car value, it'll go down
$1,067.65 to be exact.
He would rather complain about it.
The rich aren't staying rich by paying dumbass fees like those who have no other options
It’s so pathetic really
How are those property taxes in Texas?
Wow, I only have to pay $46/yr here in Florida.
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Are you seriously complaining that WSDOT is spending money to fix the roads that you use?
It's $267 in Michigan for the EV fee.
There was nothing wrong with it. Legitimately, the potholes and cracks are all further north. If there was something to fix, I wouldn’t complain.
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Similar to WA because our property values are lower... and they've been lowering them.... and seniors get a huge discount.
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Gotta do this after seeing that 
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Welcome to the greedy governments.
Yep, I was using very round and conservative numbers.
Nope, it goes to consultants to plan where to install charging stations in equity disenfranchised neighborhoods. Consultants, not actual charging stations.
Username checks out
125 for a MXP in Florida
You should see the billionaires in California who have their cars annually registered in Montana. There’re entire companies devoted to this endeavor too. F the gov
I just paid $815 for a 2025 Model 3 in Nevada.
gonna be about $600 this year in wisconsin, $100 regular vehicle fee, $175 extra fee for an electric vehicle in wisconsin, and then another $250 federal fee because of Trump and the big beautiful bill. Just unreal. It’s even more than what someone pays in gas tax.
$331.50 to be exact
Wow! Seeing this really frustrates me because Washington states registration fees used to be through the roof in the late nineties, there then was some legislative changes and it was dropped to a fixed $30 registration. Somehow they managed to pump this up again. It’s really quite unacceptable and not everyone can afford it.
I’m in Vancouver, WA and my renewal for my 2021 model 3 was $308. Seattle has a lot more tax for sure.
Thank you! Just got a Tesla in GA so I haven’t had to pay registration yet but reading this post had me terrified. Glad GA’s is a good bit lower than op’s
~$700+ in NC too.
What are you driving? My m3p isn’t that much thank god. Unless they are going up, yet again…(wouldn’t shock me)
Let me have my joke. Edit* I also have a couple of nice vacation homes! A 2 person, 3 person and 4 person tent. *Subject to being evicted after 14 days.*
Did you know that Tab was Coca-Cola’s first diet soda? They were so protective of the Coke brand that they didn’t want to have it associated with another drink before knowing if people would like it.
So the solution is to leave instead of point out ridiculous over taxation? I bet you would never say that to an immigrant who criticized this country
And the roads in Seattle/king county are still horrible 😂. Where the money going??
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Way too high in Seattle. Even the Bolt cost well over $600, and it’s very low mileage a year.
I’m in Florida, no income tax, and only paid $92 for renewal
WA charges a tax based on the value of the vehicle. States that do that are crazy.
Ill gladly pay a few hundred more for my tabs that goes towards EV and light rail infrastructure than state income tax every day of the week.
That is in line with ca.
Income taxes are progressive and help level the playing field. Sales and use taxes are regressive hurting the lower classes.
I’m curious as to what someone who lives in Maryland is paying
Similar to western Washington definitely not eastern Washington! I was looking at property tax for a similar property value and it was triple in Texas.
$150 for 2 years. NYC , no EV surcharge, no custom plates
I love it when the average person gets so offended over the idea of taxing millionaires when they’re nowhere near close to being impacted by it.
My $350 in MN feels a lot more reasonable. I was still upset over the $150 electric fee but I guess I'll manage seeing what everyone else is paying
Basically because we don’t pay gas tax. To be fair it comes with the privilege of being able to drive any of the highways of the whole country So yeah it’s expensive but what you get for it is worth it. Try doing some road trips
Don’t forget about the $200 per year federal tax. It will be added. We’re having an EV vehicle
I am paying about $5500/year for a 4-bedroom house appraised at $380,000 but probably worth around $420,000. But I am in a well managed purple suburb. Taxes are much higher in Austin where they spend a significant amount on liberal priorities.
I have a 2024 model Y in my registration in California was $575.
Don’t you still have federal income tax
That’s also not stopping the republicans if you wanna be fair about it
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There are deductions.... whatever you see is probably the "retail" highest rate that basically nobody pays. Also, its highly variable based on county/city. True re: Western Washington... my TX house in Western Washington would cost double to triple what it costs here (in comparable neighborhoods)... and thus the property tax in WA would be higher even at the lower rate.
Tesla Model 3 and BMW 3 series are very close in weight for similar trims. I think it's mainly the truck/SUV EVs that are giant non-aerodynamic bricks with huge batteries for range that weigh so much more than their equivalents.
Why can't these new fees be charged per miles like how ICE cars get charged per gas pump? Placing a fixed annual fees like this essentially is assuming each EV drive & use up the roads equally.
My brother keeps telling me to start a shell company in montana and register my car to a PO box and write everything off. Apparently there is some loophole, but im too lazy.
Yup. Outrageous. Washington here as well paying the same. Its supposed to pay for the "infrastructure of more charging stations". But let's be honest, its just an extra tax on ev cars.
True, fairly close. And the gas taxes for one of those would be fairly close to the electrification fee in OP’s registration. The biggest issue for OP is they drive very low mile per year, but even at 6500 miles the differences would be $75/yr, which is less than they’d save on gas vs charging.
Dude, go to Virginia. You’re looking at $2k between registration, road use fees, and personal property taxes there every year. Move to Florida if you want close to zero / fees and taxes.
What are you driving—model and year? This sounds like a new purchase tax + registration fees. I hope this is a new purchase! We have a model3 coming up for its third year of registration fees.
Holy cow… $91 for two years in Florida
Do you do this in the WA DOL website?
Under a grand in Seattle area is cheap. 1% RTA and the EV fees hurt People voted for these fees.
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About same for California, maybe even a touch cheaper than here.
$450 in Michigan
It’s just over $100 in MO
$770 in CA 😩
Haven’t paid that shit since 2023. I refuse
$255.97 in Georgia for EV tag renewal.
$650+ per Tesla here in Alabama.
700 in Cali on a model Y
$0 in Ontario, Canada.
Everything is expensive to register in CO. The EV fee is $75
It’s around 275 and yes I’m glad we don’t pay that much.
Same in CA, 1 year old Model 3 LR :(
My CyberTruck was $1500 in California without any EV penalty.... yet
They're ungodly heavy as well as placing significant demand on the electrical grid. $752.00 I am sure is yet still subsidized
Driving a MYP. It was a new purchase, this year it was only 1200!
Yes goes down over time but am still paying over a grand for the car. 25 MYP
Yup not just EVs, everything is expensive to register, probably why we so many expired tags
Welcome to Seattle! I have been paying renewal fees of around 850 for the last 3 years. DOL thinks my car is still worth a lot for which I have to pay the hefty renewal fee.
Privilege of driving on state and city roads? Yes thats right. You are welcome to drive on your own private roads if you dont want to register
I thought $275 was bad in Texas. Sorry my friend!
$600 in Michigan 26 Juniper
No income tax in WA? They going to get it from somewhere!
Well, now I know what to expect to pay in a few months. 🫠
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Same in GA
$220/2 years in Florida lol
You’re driving a 2025. Most states base fees on the value of the car. I paid $1200 on my 2024 in CO. Renewal a few months ago was half. I expect it to half again next year.
What’s dumb is that “electrification” fee is the equivalent of driving like 50K miles in gas taxes for a standard sedan. I drive like 5-7K miles.
Is not $1500 in Colorado. Mine was $370.
You aren’t paying gas tax to pay for roads…
TIL you need to yearly renew your car registration in the US. WTF.
You got off cheap, my Seattle renewal on a 2024 m3P was nearly 1200
Lol, it's a price we all pay in every state. Most people pay property tax, income tax and sales tax, in Washington you don't pay sales tax. Is this a resurgence you are asking for? what state is not corrupt?
Someone above said they pay about $700 for 2019 Model3LR. Wonder what the difference is from.
“Electrification” 🥲😂😭
We do as does every state.
Yes they will provide you a phone number to call
You don’t pay state income tax. I don’t feel bad for you.
$550 yearly 2023 model Y LRAWD
In SoCal
Relax, mine was $9xx if that'll help you feel better
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That's what I pay in CA too. Shall we compare insurance rates?
275 in Texas
I live in texas. just got an ev and the yearly registration. Is $200 vs vs $78 for an ice. So 122 more, not 122 total. They justify it by saying it is offset lost gas tax. Seems reasonable. I save more in oil changes. But some of the other states are ridiculous, 350 or more...
Damn I paid 300 in AZ and thought that was steep
Dang my 1 year old MY was only 800 in Colorado too
Reading the room, I feel like you just lost all credibility with your audience. Unless you were trying to prove how clueless you are. You sound like a FOX News parrot. Plain and simple, you're contradicting yourself by complaining about millionaires on your gripe post about car registration fees.
That’s it? In our County you pay insane fee for building a lightbulb, annually that’s about $1000 on a MY
We have a lot of roads to pay for.
Jesus. Mine are 330 for a Polestar 2 in Edmonds. Must be King county versus Snohomish.
For now. The banshees in Olympia are trying their best.
You poor baby.
I’m pretty happy in Eastern WA compared to my last home near Schenectady NY. That home valued at $275k had yearly taxes of about $11k This home on WA valued at about $720k is only about $6k. And people here bitch incessantly about how expensive the taxes are. If they only knew.
To some extent I can understand having additional fees for an EV. You're not paying gas taxes. HOWEVER, I don't see how that should come out to $750. That's ridiculous.
That feels pretty high to me. I'm in Olympia, WA and I'm paying $4486/year. House is worth about $450K.
It's also dumb to call it a "millionaire tax," since it's not on wealth, it's on income. It would hit people with at least $1,000,000/year in wages.
You sadly may be right. I saw a van the other day with tabs that expired in 2012.
The fee is based largely on vehicle value, and they have a brand new Tesla.
It’s robbery lol
I worry about your reading comprehension and critical thinking skills. Regardless, I’m not going to be the one to correct you today.
We don't pay it on cars like some states. What is your sales tax? Ours is 8.25%.
That seems extreme.
Partly the very high book value of the car. Partly the fact that EVs don’t pay road tax so it's paid as part of reg.
1000 in Vegas for me
Seriously! Op's head is so far up that crusty cheeto's a$$. 🤮
You'd think it would be based on miles driven for the year, but I'm not a politician.
Nah. Come Seattle WA. Over a 1k
I thought my 300 dollar registration in MD was bad..
Good lord! I paid $540 for my 23 MY yesterday.
I hope not. I pay under $600. Someone else just said $700 for an older car.
I wasn’t mad. Just really surprised. My last one was $2-300 for a different car.
Similar to mine.
Maybe they paid a lot for a pre-owned at a dealership.
Same in NorCal.
Welcome to the club 😄
[Sheds tears of joy in the blessed state of FL] $70 for the new Model Y
Yeah, the weed tax in California is referred to as excise (excuse ) tax 😂
That’s exactly why registration for EVs in California are more expensive. We don’t pay taxes at the pump, so they get us on registration. I guess it’s better than taking away the tax and converting all roads to toll roads.
Not if you live outside the RTA. Eastside here we pay under $300 for a '24 Model Y
I don't think most people are ready for the privacy implications of that.
One reason for an additional “electrified” fee would be to make up for the gas tax that gas powered automobiles pay.
This is just the first year, every year afterwards it is less
Blue state fees. Hey we can’t gouge you on $5/gal gas so we will gouge you on registration. Hawaii was the same bs
serious? Dang my wife is gona love me so much🥶Got ours in June25
$48 in Florida
$850 in California for my 2022 M3 LR
Crap, that reminds me. I need to renew my tags next month. $13 for two years on my F150 in Oklahoma (benefit of being a disabled vet).
~$750, Vegas. 23M3. It is what it is but my gripe is with insurance. Insurance is a scam, I got the customer service agent for progressive after an hour long battle on why my rates are rising when I have a clean driving record, no tickets, no accidents- she admitted it’s a Ponzi scheme. Needless to say, they didn’t raise my rates like they wanted to, in the interest of “fairness.” She said, “even if you don’t get into an accident, you are paying for someone else’s car in their accident, and even if you don’t use your insurance, you were covered for those days, “in case of…” I said, miss me with that BS, in case of what? because I can tell you after those 6 months, I didn’t need an “in-case of…” and I should get a full refund for my 6 months, because I never used an “in-case of…an event,” actual factual it didn’t happen and I don’t live my life on what ifs, and in-case of, I live on actual factual, and actual factual, I didn’t need and in-case of, and in-case of that, I should in-case of get my money back. Then renew this “in-case of” policy and if not used in those 6 months then I should get my money back. Insurance is a full scam. Since it’s a Ponzi scheme, insurance shouldn’t even turn a profit since we are paying for each other. Progressive market cap should be $0 and not in the billions because that’s our money. The entire direction of all insurances and how it’s viewed needs rigorous revamping because we are giving free money away monthly or annually, and it’s money these insurance companies never worked for and just to drive on a road, kick rocks. If you didn’t use your insurance in that time frame, you should 100% get your money back because “no-case event happened” and insurance companies don’t just get to keep your money. Laws needs to be rewritten.
CA: i’m at $462 for my m3p
took a second lol
They should just call it a tariff then fools like you wouldnt have a problem with it 😂
time to just register in montana too, at least illinois is only $250, normal gas cars are $150.
Because the whole push for electric cars was for this very reason! To be able to change people whatever they wanted. Democrats pushed for this green initiative and democrats were they first to start overcharging for registration. And wait till they new law goes into effect, you know the one they also signed some years ago that basically allows them to shut down your car if you are “intoxicated or impaired”
If only they would tax the gas used to pay for the roads. Wait.
Southern California @$800 the first year 2021 …I’m now paying $689….5 years later.smh. But all cars in Cali pay a high amount..not just electric.
Same lol
660 in CA
M3p 2023
Yea it’s all an excuse to keep the lawmakers’ pockets healthy. Houston has some of the worst roads and nothing is being improved from what I can tell. Nothing but a classic gaslight (no pun intended)
They suck!
No one’s laughing, and you won’t be laughing either when your income starts getting taxed in less than 10 years. It’s not a conspiracy. It’s happening.
$700 in California
Good luck to ya, I really mean it, but if you park on the street, parking enforcement can/will get you like they did me.
unfuckingbelievable we are being ripped off here in CA. I paid $800
$800 so get ready for the rip off.
Enjoy your wildly improved light rail system.
Jeez its 9 less than a hundred for 2 years in Florida for everything.
Did you fall for theWA State “No Income Tax” ruse? Where do you think the money for society’s infrastructure comes from?
Except if you live in unincorporated King County. No transit tax there.
And we still pay this without even questioning where the money is actually going
That is absurd. I just renewed mine for a model 3 for 300 ish bucks. Also in WA but outside of Seattle. And even 300ish bucks is way too much.
Oh heck no I just got my 21 m3. Tf are we paying $700 for?
Register in another state
Federal gas tax hasn’t changed in forever - $0.183/gal since 1993. No change to keep up with inflation. Maintaining roads hasn’t gotten any cheaper.
$670 in CA
Woke EV owners discover government greed affects them.
Ok cool. Pay mine too, Mr generosity
My tags are a year expired they can kiss my fucking ass
So you have to pay $1200 a year for taxes/tab whatever that is, and then another $1-2k for insurance? Is the tax that high everywhere? Here in Finland it's like 400-500 a year. Granted we pay much more tax in many other things.
~800 in NC because of property tax and EV fee😐
Lol
Wait; so are you broke, or not? If you’re affluent enough where a millionaires tax would be a burden to you why is the registration fee an issue at all?
Ikr? Finds the time to complain about the negatives of living in a progressive state but you’ll NEVER find them talking about all the benefits of it much less declining them on the basis of them being leftist/progressive policies and values.
Yeah why ask for professionals to figure out where chargers go, just place em wherever all willy-nilly like
So you’re an uninsured driver? Because if you think insurance won’t find any reason to deny coverage or a claim you’re crazy.
But you don’t have to live in Florida. That being said.. with how much power is in California I don’t know why everyone isn’t just driving a Corolla hybrid instead if they’re worried about costs and budgeting.
It is what you call a cost of doing business in this game called life! Deal with it!
I street park quite often in Belltown and nothing has happened yet even with parking enforcement actively patrolling/ticketing people.
That never get fixed in the slightest.
Not spending money on the gas we're spending money to go to war for 🙄 This country truly loves its people.
I’m not gonna say that $1500 makes me feel ‘good’, but you guys get such crazy-good deals on Ev purchases and leases out there !!!
$280 in ohio (for non-EVs it's like $40)
Typically gas taxes pay for part of the road maintenance. The registration fees are a way to recoup the road wear/tear/use costs. As more people get EVs the registration fees will go higher because less ICE vehicle will be sold. I hope no one ever thought EV's actually save you money. LOL
California $800
All I see if people complaining, but you are right on why EVs do cost more to register. Most states use the gas tax to fund road repair and building. So imagine you buy an EV, most of which are heavier than an equivalent gas car but don’t pay anything to maintain roads. (but don’t get me started on that because trucks and tractor trailers do the most damage to roads. Tractor trailers can sometimes get away with paying $0 in taxes in a state they drive all the time… so why are footing the bill??) You are so right about the tax though. While some states offer for you to get taxed based on mileage, it’s often better to pay the flat fee because you probably drive more than what the flat fee does. My regular tag renewal on my model 3 is likely significantly cheaper than the gas tax I’d pay. Of course gas tax is built into the price of gas so no one notices how much they’re actually paying in taxes on gas… I’m surprised at how much it is in your state for gas cars, is there no gas tax?
For a new car I’d assume? Someone else pointed out that they may overvalue cars (at least in WA) and to call and have them adjust the value so you pay less
I payed nearly $500 for a 3 year renewal… breaking that down it’s close to $150 per year. Coming from a 20 year old gas cars I was floored. Of course my Tesla was about 4 years old at that point so I’m sure that factors into it.
That’s insane
I thought my $250 in IL was bad
Can’t touch the holy grail of gasoline
Other repairs cost more though.
$495 for a 2025 Model 3 in Michigan.
Nope. That was my 2023 model 3 last year’s cost. Virginia is the most expensive state (or #2) to own a car in. So glad we just moved back to WA. Also, at least Seattle’s RTA goes to something good - mass transit. VA’s personal property tax (4.3% of the car’s value) just goes to the local government’s general fund - no idea where that $$$ actually goes. Edit: VA insanely overvalues the car. Worst part is it’s not possible to challenge the value as long as they use a commonly accepted valuation. You can request it lower due to high mileage or damage, I believe.
In my state you have the option to do 1,2 or 3 year renewals
His post is a bit misleading. Colorado has an EV registration fee of $60 to cover the lost fuel tax, the rest is the same for any vehicle. The remainder of the cost is an excise tax based on vehicle cost which depreciates each year. In other states like Massachusetts they bill this separately so the registration is $60 for 2 years but you get a separate excise bill a few months later. In the year of manufacture it is 90% of vehicle cost at $25 per thousand, 2nd year 60%, 3rd 40%, 4th 25%, 5+ 10%. The OP was complaining about the EV targeted add-on fee of $225 - but given that Washington State has one of the highest gas taxes in the country it's not out of line. $150 goes towards road use, that's equivalent to driving 7500 miles in a gas car at 30 mpg. The remaining $75 goes towards building charging infrastructure.
And our insurance in NJ just went from $388 a month to $636. I immediately shopped around and every broker came back with that as the BEST price. One actually wanted $1200 a month! Can't wait to get out of this god forsaken state.
Wait you pay more because its electric ? In The Netherlands it was 0,- until 2025,- then needed to pay 69,- every quarter and now 199,- every quarter Next year its 276,- so about 1100,- per year Insurance for all risk is 110,- per month, standart Insurance is 60,-
State gas tax has definitely gone up.
Right, that makes more sense! That's about the same as we have here for EVs compared to gas, though gas is likely taxed much more here, as total price at pump is about $7.5 per gallon. So it seems like EVs are "underpaying" compared to gas and taxes will be going up probably. Or they'll find a way to tax electricity going into EVs even more, though that would be difficult.
Yes a $200 "road fee" is added annually in TN. Nearly double what I would pay if I had a Camry or Accord.
We said bye-bye to Excise value based fees, when we left SoCal several years ago- for Albuquerque NM. Now just $60 for registration, and $30 for custom Road Runner plate😬 https://preview.redd.it/o8dkyx0ddifg1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a9146d92602c96ca1689b573f73b4da871c41599
“Electrification” $225.00?
$530 2025 Model 3 in NC 🥲
It’s Washington come on, we all know we voted yes on 25 dollar car tabs, but Dems didn’t care and still did what they wanted, then our lovely governor inslee wanted to charge even more for EV because they weren’t making money with the gas tax or “Climate emissions” so they encouraged us to get EVs then charge us more because they aren’t making money on the gas. Go figure
Yep just paid $719 in CA. 5 year old car
$850 in New Hampshire for a 2024 Model 3 LR AWD.
Yours must be older then, because my current car was also $1,500
You’re paying road tax you would normally pay by purchasing gasoline.
EVs gotta help pay for roads one way or another.
$600 in Maricopa county.
Here is another fun fact - you buy a car in say Oregon, which has no sales tax, but then 9/11 happens and you have to move back to Idaho and register the car there you have to pay Idaho SALES TAX of several hundred dollars on a car you've already owned for 2 years. Oh and it was a lease so I had to turn it over like 18 months later. Total BS
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$547 in NC
I'm in Georgia and it's less than $300 here. We don't have an excise tax.
In AZ I paid $2600 to register my '24 MY for five years. 🤷🏼
Hello fellow NJer! Im using progressive, i pay $240 / mo for model 3 and honda odyssey (mini van for kids) combined Both are leases so full coverage
Total scam
Is there a yearly excise tax as well as a sales tax when you purchased the car? In my state, we pay sales tax at the time of purchase, then licensing each year is like $60/year (plus $200 for EV tax as a fuel tax replacement, which is another level of BS as I don't drive much so my fuel tax would be much lower).
I pay $270 a month in michigan for insurance on my model 3 thats $3240 a year! Michigan has very high insurance prices
How much sales tax did you pay on the purchase of your vehicle is the real question
I would be shocked if that money really went to roads.. something tells me its used to fund a scam or freeloader fund for criminals. You can never ever trust the government to spend tax dollars wisely
I feel so much better now mine is only $270 in michigan
In michigan they still extract your money. You have to pay the full amount for every year you skip plus late fees. Those scammers need their tax $
Not surprised, that seems to be a repeating pattern.
Driven in CA? The roads are just as bad if not worse than Texas. Our road taxes are going everywhere else other than the road.
Hey I’m in Washington state too it’s cause of the light rail My bmw wass that high too now wondering how much my 2023 Tesla will be do you know?
You're very lucky, they pull us over here in CA for expired tags all the time.
I don’t doubt you at all. It’s all a money grab at the end of the day. And people are trapped in their car notes and have no other choice but to pay it. It’s ridiculous.
Do you have to pay for the full 2 years at a time? Geez, I thought CA was bad.
My 2024 M3 LR I bought from Tesla used was $1200 last year and is $1100 this year to register it in AZ. A 2024 isn't exactly a "new" car. AZ is a ripoff on reg fees. Since it's based on "value", their depreciation rate is nowhere near the "actual" depreciation. It's some random fixed rate! It's no wonder I see so many expired registrations on newer cars than older ones! I lived in Seattle 3 years ago and registration wasn't nearly that high. But in Tucson at least, I've never seen so many cars in general with expired tags, sometimes by 2 years or more in any other city/state I've lived in.
This is a Tesla group..
I also use Progressive. 2025 Model X had a year yesterday and 2024 Model 3P. 2 years ago with my last Model 3 and a Model Y we were at $280 a month. Progressive is what every search came back with for best rates this past week when I was searching.
🎶”It’s not easy being green.”🎶
They changed it too recently. My first 3 my registration was $125 for 5 years (Dec of 2020) but then I traded in my standard for a LR (Mar 22) and it was the new system and I wasn’t allowed to transfer my plate.
Wtf
They’re gonna get the money out of you one way or another when there is no personal income tax. I just hate paying $250 for mine in GA when I also have 5% personal state income tax and sales tax.
Looks like Minnesota too
1 year would've been $886.65 5 years would've been $3,253.62 1, 2 and 5 are your options. I also have a specialty/personalized plate that adds $50 a year.
Had to zoom in to make sure that wasn't a gas station 💡
Yes? And they’re a vehicle choice, not a lifestyle.. If budgeting a vehicle, insurance and all the associated fees is the problem, then ideally you’d pick something cheaper, is what I am getting at.
Where do they get you instead in FL?
Get a PO Box outside of King and Pierce County. Mine went from $750 to $325 I registered my car at my brothers house in Lewis County. Much cheaper. You can thank our stupid light rail project and ev tax for this.
Nah, just the self wash. 🫧🧼😎
It's a property tax, and it seems like the kind of thing to take care of at the same time, as far as processing paperwork annually goes.
I had the same amount for my 2024 Model 3 Highland. Live on the Eastside. I guess that most of the charge is for the RTA tax (lightrail). I offset this cost by using the free public chargers in Downtown Kirkland right down the street from where I live. Haven’t paid 1 penny of electricity to charge my Model 3 since I bought it!
Dude chill.. I was just shocked how expensive is here in CA and how low is in Florida. Why are you so triggered?
My state doesn’t charge any extra taxes on vehicles. They have a single registration fee plus the fuel type fee. It doesn’t matter if you drive a Nissan Leaf or a Rolls Royce Spectre, you’ll pay the same registration cost. Around ~$250/year.
And here was I complaining about 250 in GA
Either you’re a bot or you’re projecting lol
What? 😂 sure ok lol
Yep. We get boned on vehicle taxes but our property taxes are lower than most states. Income tax uses to be much higher than average, now getting lower than average.
Oregon just tried to cram this kind of stuff through including paying for how much mileage you drive per year as part of their transit tax. So many people were up in arms over the whole thing that it got enough signatures to be put up for vote in October. Now they are trying to cram it through on the May voting rather then October. I'm not going to get totally politcal here but are there any republican states that have extra EV taxes or do they seem to be primarily Dem states? I am just curious if this is common throughout the USA or more of a west coast thing? Democrat states push the EV thing then raise all the fees on them it appears. On the bright side I did get a $5000 credit from the state for purchasing an EV so I cant complain to much.
Just paid close to that for my 2023 Model 3 (RWD) in Phoenix AZ. 😬
453 for a model 3 2021 in california in 2026
It’s not really that mis leading, I did acknowledge that it goes down over time. I am still paying the 1000+ dollars I have to pay to register my car and drive it for 8-9000 miles a year.
For me yes I paid 1200 this year to register my car. Insurance is also insane, I pay almost 2500 a year for coverage. 🙂 Although yes I’m not paying 1200 because I have an EV, that’s just the cost of registration for cars in Colorado.
Remove a gas tax and charge tax on mileage difference on registration renewal.
Turnpike tolls, i95 express lane tolls ( prices vary by traffic congestion). Local interstate express lane tolls.
It's only misleading because you said it on a post about EV fees and the price you're paying is for having a new car, not an EV.
$640 for my 26 MYLR in CA
I can't believe it I bought a Mercedes Benz G63 2025 $210,000.00 registration is $138.00 but for my 2023 Tesla Model Y it's $430.00. This state is insane.
Is this the initial registration in WA? I thought the excise tax was a one time thing when you first registered it, sort of like a sales tax. Or is this some annual tax charged by Seattle? I am in Vancouver WA, and don't recall any annual excise tax.
You should run for governor. I agree a use based tax would be good, would just need to figure out how to execute it.
It’s not really a post about EV fees, more so about just fees, OP said he’s paying 750 a year. Only 225 is the cost of the EV. He is still upset by the remaking 500 bucks
Gas taxes pay for our road maintenance. Electric Cars do not pay that tax via gasoline. So, they are charging it in our registration. Seems fair to me.
I still have yet to see this “charging infrastructure”.
Wtf. I pay 150ish in Florida
Don’t move to Texas. They are triple that here!
Oh wow and they jacked it up that much?
About $280 in Texas for yearly registration.
155k miles here in cali paying about 700
I pay $80 in FL 🤣
Or you rather have income tax?
Many Somalian families to support?
I got charged somewhere in the ballpark of $900 for a "property tax", plus another $150 for an "Alternate Fuel" tax.
Op's been blaming Democrats left and right in this post. He's already proven to be politically biased, not fact based.
WHAT
1000 for 3yr Maryland
Yeah, the same in Seattle too
How much did you pay for the car?
Wow
That extra $225 for electrification is nuts. Guess they need that lost gas tax recovered.
What a nice day to live in Florida 
Man that sucks. So what state are you moving to instead?
Not everyone. Cybertrucks and Rivian R1Ts are exempt from RTA in King County
Seattle baby! Ha
I paid $872 in 2021 for a new 2021 model 3 in Seattle. Gas taxes are included in EV registration for lost revenue due to not consuming gas. Necessary for maintaining roads and whatnot (and I know, Seattle roads and paint are atrocious) This was something I searched and learned about prior to buying. I'm surprised you're surprised
In all states?
Yes because it's weight based and they are considered commercial vehicles because of how heavy they are. So a few very wealthy people found a new way to get around the tax on accident.
Yep. We don’t have an income tax, so we get other taxes. The transit tax is how we keep traffic flowing somewhat. I’m happy to pay them.
Just paid $1200 in Colorado. FFS.
Last year I paid the same for myp 2024. But, now its $100 more :( I’m in WA
Thought texas was bad!! 🤢
Well its to offset taxes to maintain roads they collect from gasoline which you’re not using, but you’re still using the same roads. I imagine you’d be paying way more towards the tax in a gas vehicle depending on how much you drive of course.
I was going to say, that is cheap compared to Colorado
Same vehicle, but only $135 over here in Spokane.
Mine have been around $1k since I bought my 2022 model 3 performance. I’m in King county too.
Lmaoo double that and you’re in CO bud
Ireland (EU) here. Our first EV was brand new 2025 Tesla Model 3 Highland. Insurance cost was about €880 per year and road tax €120. Total 1k. No other nonsense taxes.
democrats sucking money out of u
$93 florida
WA state also taxes tabs to pay for its lightrail system if you live in any city that has access to it
Keep going to only tesla. No one else is really set up to work on those things(and shouldn’t have to).
I was tired of the fee so I just stopped paying for a few years
Keep in mind, you’re paying EV Registration because you’re not paying gas taxes. On the other hand I’m not sure what’s going on with the excise tax. Usually those are used to encourage/discourage consumer behavior (think cigarette or alcohol taxes). I can’t think of why a blue state like WA would tax EVs like that.
$1400 for my 2024 CyberBeast in NCarolina…
It’s through the roof here in PA and the roads are still terrible
What’s wrong with living in Florida? Power is pretty cheap. No income tax, pretty cheap gas. Mild climate and don’t have to worry about huge snow storms. Property is also relatively cheap since they are building housing everywhere. Hurricanes can be an issue but any modern home is generally resistant to hurricanes here. 20 years of living here and no hurricane has caused any damage besides trees/branches in places. California is amongst one of the last states I’d want to live in with how expensive it is and how much property/rent costs.
Arizona laughing at this post.
It should be more, your stupid EV does a ton of damage to the road due to its weight!! Pay your fair share!
That’s a bargain! I paid $1,600 in my county of Mississippi. We also have $150 EV fee that is going up to $225 this year.
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loooooooooool
I’m just appalled that this is a thing, in Ohio I had a $250 Gasoline tax applied along with everything else making my 2023 M3 registration almost $800
I could have told you this 8 years ago when I got the first gen M3... $700 in registration renewal & $1600 insurance annually... Paid off about 2 years ago. Now I pay about $300+ something a year for renewal, but my insurance is still about $1200... But at least I get free charging... If someone could have told me that Elon's $35k EV was a myth... I would have saved thousands and been done with a hybrid!😆
This is deliberate targeting bullshit. If ICE cars don’t get hit like this, EV’s shouldn’t either.
You need to crash or every once in a while to recoup the cost.
Sure is beautiful here in Texas 😏
We just got a yearly EV tax in PA also.
What's excise tax? You have to pay that every year?
1-2k for insurance? I pay 5k a year 🙃😁😁
Sick. Though understandable, must be lots of accidents / damages in the area
Yup! Same here in Indiana. Mine was just under 700$ for a 22 m3p
My first year was only like $850 in Colorado. Last year… $1500 seems wrong.
You don’t have any excise tax? Some states have a fixed registration cost and then charge excise tax. Other states just lump it all into yearly or bi-annual registration fees.
Gd, I paid 450 in Michigan and I thought that was a lot
No, we don't have excise taxes on car registration in Ohio. There is a local tax depending on county, but it is tiny. A few dollars where I live: [https://www.bmv.ohio.gov/doc-fees.aspx](https://www.bmv.ohio.gov/doc-fees.aspx)
Well maybe it balances out over time. Some states charge taxes based on age of the vehicle. So if you’re paying $250 in perpetuity, but someone is owning theirs long enough to get down to $10/year, seems like your state made a bet on length of ownership.
I just paid 500 in Utah. My family in TN pays 200
It is a flat $200 for registering an Electric car and then a flat $36 for passenger car renewal. There are other fees depending on if you need a new plate or if you have a specialized plate, but there are no variable fees based on the car you're registering. I registered my Tesla for 5 years so I paid $1000 in EV fees plus a filing fee plus 5x the annual cost for a passenger vehicle. Came out to \~$1300 and I don't need to register again until the end of 2030.
Aha! I bought a 2-year old depreciated EQS for $48k. RTA doesn't care. This year my renewal is at least $1500. I don't live in an area that benefits from the transit system at all but is somehow in the RTA region. But hey, it is what it is eh?
Yours is a newer 2025/26?
Whoever supports more taxes from the government need doctors ASAP.
Fortunately, I don’t have the Tesla anymore but it was 1.5K for a 24 Audi Q8 etron last year, this year was 1.1K
Crazy stuff.
For real it’s so sick. That’s literally a new car after a while 😭😭
Install them at gas stations. Done
$800 for a 2023 in NV
Good thing Florida it’s like $46 a year for renewal
Just doing a quick search, WA has approx 55¢ per gallon gas tax. If they assume people drive approximately 15,000 miles per year and say a 30MPG vehicle, they pay $275 per year in taxes. That seems pretty comparable to your EV tax of $255. It is unfortunate that states won't use the actual miles we drive to calculate our road tax.
wtf
225 georgia
In Massachusetts, the registration is $35/year. Driving with an expired one is a moving violation and incures insurance surcharges.
As a Florida resident originally from NY I couldn't agree more. Not to mention my home owners insurance just went down and progressive auto insurance just sent me a refund check because they made too much money by law in Florida last year. I really don't understand why the rest of my family continues to live in NY but I have no problem catching a cheap flight to visit them a couple times a year. Then return to the free state of Florida.
How are you complaining.... This is like... Maybe a grand cheaper, if not more, than MA or CT.
I pay about $250 for yearly registration in IL for an EV. My insurance is $1,440 a year.
Mine was 850 in Mn
sheeesh I’m only paying $265 in Chicago 🙄
$45 in Florida
Paid $660 in MS...26 Model Y Premium RWD
Same in GA, though not as bad. $300 to renew my tag because of EV tax. “Alternate fuel fee.” https://preview.redd.it/0c8yq9w54wfg1.jpeg?width=2868&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8af9854f12836902e0d57a35721d2f1a06282438
WTF, mine was like 60 bucks in Fl.
Pennsylvania Road User Charge (RUC) = $250.00. Increased $50.00 from last year, 2025. Tied to consumer price index (CPI) We thankfully don't have an Excise Tax what the bloody hell is that!
Welcome to EV life
Not an EV but my most recent car was $2400 for the year not including vehicle purchase taxes. The car before that was $3200 for the first year thanks to the use tax in Colorado. It does go down each year. Fingers crossed I spend less than $5k on vehicles registration next year. 🤞
They should place one for every 500 EVs in the equity disenfranchised neighborhood, rounded up. So zero.
We don't pay the gas tax, so they have to get their money this way. That excise tax is ridiculous. I would move away from Seattle. Too many Democrats imbezzling money from your taxes.
LMAO
You’re correct. All vehicles in many states have an excise tax annually. This includes increases in Tennessee, Nebraska, Wisconsin and North Carolina. There are many other state examples of excise taxes to fill the gap not paid at the pump. It’s the cost of doing business. Sorry for those that think it’s unfair, but it’s not.
Bought my Juniper in July; Virginia, for 6 months ... $1217.00. Glad i didn't have it for a full 12 months.
WA bureaucrats are so corrupt. This state will do whatever to squeeze everything out of Washingtonians. I don’t understand why people with electric cars who are trying save the environment by not supporting ice cars are getting reamed cause we’re not buying gas. And how about them toll charges! It’s higher during rush hours. Who the fuk is willing to pay $15-18 to get home from Bellevue to I-5? Fukin ridiculous
Don’t worry, all those taxes are going to a good cause – the nation’s best pensions, health benefits, and vacations of state employees! Thanks for playing.
$22.50 in Georgia
Tax on gas should be removed and all cars taxed in the same way. This is like vehicular apartheid. What about an EV driver that does 2000 miles a year vs an EV traveling salesman, their road usage tax is the same but usage is different. At least gas is tied to mileage.
I'm in NJ with 2 vehicles on my policy. When I added a third, the 2025 Model 3, the monthly went up $131 with NJM Insurance.
Mine was around $500 in NC
I just paid mine $864 pierce county I agree 100% this is pathetic.
You live in the land of liberals. It’s not too shocking.
$700 here in Los Angeles, CA
Do you have to pay tax per renewal? Plus when you bought it?
That &%#&# excise tax is the Regional Transit Authority tax. I don't even have a bus station within miles of my house, but a bunch of lawyered-up jackasses who live right close to the new metro stations in Redmond managed to get a cutout, and not pay. For extra fun, mine is calculated on a retail price 20k higher than I actually paid (back when the MX was bouncing around prices).
Almost $800 in California
Illinois $450
Yep.. blue state blues.
wtf is a tab renewal fee? is this the same as a CA's car registration that we have to renew every year? if so, my first model y's yearly renewal is \~750. I just bought a used model y so I'm hoping it's not 1400/yr for both cars.
I always feel bad for people in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties in Washington State that have to "fund" Sound Transit... I live in Olympia and have 3 vehicles and pay less than your one car.
Not just unincorporated King. I'm east King County in city limits and I do not pay the RTA tax. Here's the map. https://preview.redd.it/uy90x37l9dgg1.png?width=1020&format=png&auto=webp&s=91a58d6b651103792d92d77d07e8071413b1460b
$700 in CA. Model 3.
Ohio charges an extra $200 for full EV and $100 for a hybrid per year. So with two hybrids and a MY - I pay an extra $400 to the state.
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