[Caevlist] New Oregon registration fees for EVs

[Lawrence Winiarski]

This wasn't exactly publicized.   It was snuck into the complete highway bill instead of a separate bill.
The politicians who voted for it probably didn't even read it.    Or at least that's what they will claim when thestuff starts hitting the fan.

I'm pretty sure the average guy with a prius doesn't realize that he's going to have much higherregistration fees than the guy that gets 1mpg less.   Be nice if the papers/facebook/social media could publicize it.   

I'd like to put on who voted for it also.

I'm glad Craig Hudson found it otherwise I wouldn't have even known about it.   I had an inkling when they startedputting a "hybrid" checkmark on the registration last year.     

Make no mistake...What this is, is an attempt to avoid raising the gas tax, which affects everyone, so instead theywant a way to generate revenue by dividing and conquering and doing it as secretly as possible without the 
voters noticing.    It's not nice.   It's actually kind of evil.
   



    On Friday, November 29, 2019, 1:28:35 PM PST, Paul Wallace <ianaudio at peak.org> wrote:  
 
 Interesting how collection and program costs double in the current biennium, as noted on pp3.
Paul


On Nov 29, 2019, at 1:16 PM, Craig Hudson <craighudson150 at gmail.com> wrote:
Like many, I was not aware of the impact to us conversion folks....  
Fiscally, it raises $930M next biennium and grows as more efficient vehicles hit the market.  https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/40077  It would be curious to learn how the gas tax revenue has decreased over the years.
Voting recorded here... pretty much divided by the party lines   https://gov.oregonlive.com/bill/2017/HB2017/    
   - House: 39 Yea and 20 Nay
   - Senate: 22 Yea and 7 Nay 

Overwhelming support....https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/FloorLetter/2231  
-------------------------------------------------------------------Craig Hudson                                   Mobile   503-798-6952  86 Pontiac Fiero - Zilla with 15kWh LiFePO4 


On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 10:28 PM Lawrence Winiarski <lawrence_winiarski at yahoo.com> wrote:


Know who voted for this and who didn't?   Be nice to know.


    On Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 8:16:28 PM PST, Craig Hudson <craighudson150 at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 It was bound to happen.... Oregon legislature approved EVs paying a "gas tax" thru their registration fees starting Jan 2020.   Checkout top of page 15 in HB2017.  Electric vehicles pay an additional $220 on top of the new DMV rates for a 2 year registration.
High-mileagepassenger vehicles
Fueleconomy                        Four years   Two years
40+ mpg NOT inOReGO          $304          $152
40+ mpg enrolled inOReGO    $172          $86
Electric NOT inOReGO             $612           $306
Electric enrolled inOReGO      $172            $86
If you drive less than 6100 mi/yr ($110/0.018) and can install an OBD-II reader to let ODOT track your mileage, then OReGO will save you money.  Check more at www.MyOReGO.org/calculator
Oregon is part of 19 other states trying to fund their road infrastructure.... http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/nhpr/files/electric_vehicle_fees_2017.pdf
Electric passenger vehicle registrations in Oregon broke 25K this past summer...Oregon has 3.2M registered passenger vehicles.  So, electric remains less than 1 percent...https://www.oregon.gov/deq/FilterDocs/CFP-electicvehicles.pdf https://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/DMV/docs/2018_Vehicle_County_Registration.pdf 
-------------------------------------------------------------------Craig Hudson                                      Mobile   503-798-695286 Pontiac Fiero - Zilla with 15kWh LiFePO4
 
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