Hawaii vs Hawaii

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

In this corner, we have Hawaii's 100% clean energy goals:

The Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative is leading the way in relieving our dependence on oil by setting goals to achieve 100 percent clean energy by 2045.
http://www.hawaiicleanenergyinitiative.org/

And in pursuit of that objective, for 2020 we have:

The new year will bring new charges for some owners of electric vehicles, as an increasing number of states seek to plug in to fresh revenue sources to offset forgone gas taxes.
In Hawaii, the charge will be $50.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/29/wave-of-...ivacy.html

[kalakoa]

Registration surcharge until they figure out how to bill per-mile for "roadway usage", which program completely ignores the fact that most road damage is caused by heavy trucks (such as when hauling garbage across the island to the only remaining landfill, or moving containers full of goods from port to Walmart) and not passenger vehicles.

This is after you pay HELCO rates to charge your electric vehicle, mind you. Unless you happen to have a 10KW solar array.

[EightFingers]

From the article:

In Hawaii, the charge will be $50. In Kansas, $100. In Alabama and Ohio, $200.

Hawaii’s the lowest, so there’s that.

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[Lanipuna_Gardens]

If you can afford a car, you can cough up $50. Since EVs do not pay the gas tax, I'm in favor of having them contribute. If $50 per year is a sum that gets your attention, Hawaii is not for you!