Proposed $250 annual Federal fee for EVs clears House committee

[Unmutual]

Haven't seen this posted before. I read in today's WSJ that the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has approved a new annual $250 fee on EVs ($100 for hybrids) to help fund the highway trust fund. Full article ("Republicans Embrace Fees on EVs and Immigrants to Help Pay for Trump's Tax Cuts") is behind a paywall but here's the relevant paragraph:

Republicans on the House’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved two new annual fees for car owners—$250 for an electric vehicle and $100 for a hybrid vehicle—as a way to stream money into the country’s depleting highway trust fund. The measures are expected to raise $38 billion over 10 years, all of which will go to the fund. They initially floated a $20 annual fee on traditional gasoline cars, but blowback scotched that idea.

 

[Steveinarizona]

The highway trust fund is funded by tax on gasoline. We, EV users, don't use gasoline. But we do drive on the roads and help them wear down. I think it is reasonable for us EV drivers to pay an equivalent fee. Whether that is $250 I don't know.

But I hope the bill is based on what I just said and not anti EV animus. I fear the latter.