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The short answer: This hub does not invent a registration fee. Each state page quotes a statewide electric or plug-in charge from a statute, a motor-vehicle agency, or the U.S. Department of Energy AFDC summary of that law. Where a state's lead says the amount is the full registration fee for the vehicle, the whole class fee, or a reduced fee, that lead is not a surcharge. The AFDC laws were retrieved October 31, 2026. Agency and statute pages named on a state page were opened on the review date that page prints. Where a fee is indexed and the current indexed dollar was not on the page reviewed, the page quotes the base and the rule and does not compute a new dollar. A state that says no additional fee means none was in the AFDC laws retrieved on October 31, 2026, except where that page also quotes a later enacted fee.
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| Alabama | AFDC law 12205 says all-electric vehicle owners in Alabama must pay an annual fee of $203 and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle owners must pay an annual fee of $103, in addition to standard registration fees, and that beginning in 2023 the fees increase by $3 every four years. This page does not add those $3 steps onto $203 or $103. |
| Alaska | No additional statewide electric-vehicle registration fee was in the AFDC laws retrieved on 2026-10-31 for Alaska. That is not the base registration fee, which can still depend on weight, value, county, or plate type. |
| Arizona | AFDC law 4179 says that for an alternative-fuel vehicle purchased by December 31, 2022, the Arizona vehicle license tax is $4 for every $100 of assessed value, with a minimum annual tax of $5, and that the assessed value starts at 20% of the manufacturer's suggested retail price and then falls by 15% each succeeding year. Alternative fuels for this tax include electricity. |
| Arkansas | AFDC law 12182 says the additional annual fee in Arkansas is $200 for all-electric vehicles, $100 for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and $50 for hybrid electric vehicles, and that vehicles registered with a military service and veterans special license plate with a permanent decal under Arkansas Code 27-24-201 are exempt. |
| California | The California DMV registration-fees page, retrieved 2026-10-31, lists a Road Improvement Fee of $121 for original registration or renewal under Vehicle Code section 9250.6. The fee is assessed on model year 2020 and later zero-emission vehicles, it affects registration renewals unless exempted, and it is not assessed on the initial registration of a newly purchased zero-emission vehicle from a licensed vehicle dealer. AFDC law 11779 states a statutory base of $100 plus an annual California Consumer Price Index adjustment. This page quotes the DMV table's $121 and does not multiply the $100 base. |
| Colorado | The Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles taxes-and-fees page lists a Plug-In Electric Vehicle fee of $63.05. The same page lists electric motor vehicle road usage fees, which it says are predetermined by statute, of $26 for a battery-electric vehicle and $13 for a plug-in hybrid for July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. This page does not add the $63.05 fee to the road-usage fee. |
| Connecticut | No additional statewide electric-vehicle registration fee was in the AFDC laws retrieved on 2026-10-31 for Connecticut. That is not the base registration fee, which can still depend on weight, value, county, or plate type. |
| Delaware | AFDC law 14399 says Delaware's additional alternative-fuel registration fee for a battery-electric vehicle is $110 at 6,000 pounds or less, $150 from 6,001 to 10,000 pounds, $260 from 10,001 to 26,000 pounds, and $900 above 26,000 pounds. |
| District of Columbia | The District of Columbia Department of Motor Vehicles vehicle registration fee table lists a battery-electric passenger vehicle at $36.00 under the column effective October 1, 2023, and $40.00 under the column effective March 30, 2026. The note says the $40.00 rate is for a brand-new battery-electric passenger vehicle, other than a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle, under 5,000 pounds, and only for the first two years of registration. After two years the vehicle is treated as class I or class II. A gas/electric or hybrid vehicle does not qualify for the $40.00 registration or for subtracting 1,000 pounds from the manufacturer's shipping weight. That is a reduced fee, not an added surcharge. |
| Florida | No additional statewide electric-vehicle registration fee was in the AFDC laws retrieved on 2026-10-31 for Florida. That is not the base registration fee, which can still depend on weight, value, county, or plate type. |
| Georgia | The Georgia Department of Revenue Motor Vehicle Division bulletin Annual Licensing Fees, effective July 1, 2026, says the annual alternative-fuel-vehicle licensing fees for registrations that begin or have a renewal date between July 1, 2026, and June 30, 2027, are a commercial motor vehicle fee of $357.98, a non-commercial motor vehicle fee of $238.59, and a low-speed vehicle fee of $111.64. |
| Hawaii | Since July 1, 2025, the Hawaii Department of Transportation says an eligible electric vehicle's driver chooses a state per-mile road usage charge of $8 per 1,000 miles driven, capped at $50, or a state flat annual road usage charge of $50. Plug-in hybrids and hybrids are not eligible. The department's June 2025 HiRUC fact sheet says the program replaces the state's $50 electric-vehicle registration surcharge for eligible electric vehicles, that the per-mile charge becomes mandatory on July 1, 2028, and that Maui County's separate annual county surcharge is $100. Hawaii Revised Statutes section 249-36 limits an eligible electric vehicle to a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less. |
| Idaho | Idaho Statutes 49-457 says an electric vehicle fee of one hundred forty dollars ($140) shall be collected in addition to all other registration fees on each electric vehicle registered, and that neighborhood electric vehicles are not subject to that subsection. |
| Illinois | AFDC law 12254 says battery-electric vehicle owners in Illinois must pay an annual fee of $100 in addition to standard registration fees. The record does not state a plug-in hybrid fee. The Illinois Compiled Statutes page was not opened for this edition because the legislature site certificate check failed from the review environment. |
| Indiana | The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles Fee Chart, retrieved 2026-10-31, lists an Electric Vehicle Supplemental Fee of $242.00 and a Hybrid Vehicle Supplemental Fee of $81.00. |
| Iowa | Iowa Code 2026 section 321.116 says the annual battery-electric motor vehicle registration fee, in addition to the annual registration fee under section 321.109, shall be one hundred thirty dollars. |
| Kansas | Kansas Statutes 8-143, as amended by L. 2025, ch. 64, section 1, effective January 1, 2026, sets the annual license fee for a passenger vehicle at $30 when the gross weight is 4,500 pounds or less and $40 when the gross weight is more than 4,500 pounds. In the same list, the annual license fee is $70 for an electric hybrid passenger vehicle, $100 for a plug-in electric hybrid passenger vehicle, and $165 for an all-electric passenger vehicle. Those three amounts are the whole fee for that vehicle, not a surcharge added to the $30 or $40 fee. |
| Kentucky | AFDC law 12948 says the additional annual fee in 2025 is $126 for an electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid and $63 for an electric motorcycle, and that the fees are adjusted annually on the National Highway Construction Cost Index 2.0. This page does not print a 2026 indexed dollar. |
| Louisiana | The Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles alert dated April 2, 2026, says the road usage fee is $110 per year on each electric vehicle and $60 per year on each hybrid vehicle, and that the fee is the annual road usage fee imposed by R.S. 32.461. Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:461 levies a road usage fee of $110 per year on each electric vehicle and $60 per year on each hybrid vehicle operated on the highways of this state and required to be registered. |
| Maine | No additional statewide electric-vehicle registration fee was in the AFDC laws retrieved on 2026-10-31 for Maine. That is not the base registration fee, which can still depend on weight, value, county, or plate type. |
| Maryland | Maryland Transportation Code section 13-956, on the General Assembly site retrieved 2026-10-31, sets a surcharge of $125.00 for each zero-emission vehicle and $100.00 for each plug-in electric drive vehicle that is not a zero-emission vehicle. |
| Massachusetts | No additional statewide electric-vehicle registration fee was in the AFDC laws retrieved on 2026-10-31 for Massachusetts. That is not the base registration fee, which can still depend on weight, value, county, or plate type. |
| Michigan | The Michigan Secretary of State says the electric-vehicle fee is $267 and is charged in addition to any regular registration fees, and that the electric-vehicle fee for trucks and buses is $367. It says the plug-in hybrid fee is $113 and is charged in addition to the regular registration fees, and that the plug-in hybrid fee for trucks and buses is $183. The page lists those fees for registering or renewing an electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle, and when a plate is transferred from a non-electric or non-hybrid vehicle. |
| Minnesota | AFDC law 11840 says that between January 1, 2026, and June 30, 2027, Minnesota's additional registration fee will be a minimum of $150 for electric vehicles and $75 for plug-in hybrids, and that beginning July 1, 2027, the minimum will be $100 for electric vehicles and $50 for plug-in hybrids, with the fee adjusted relative to the manufacturer's suggested retail price. This page does not print the MSRP schedule. |
| Mississippi | AFDC law 12141 says the additional annual fee in Mississippi is $150 for an all-electric vehicle and $75 for a plug-in hybrid or hybrid, and that beginning July 1, 2021, the Department of Revenue increases the fee annually with the Consumer Price Index. This page does not print a CPI-adjusted dollar. |
| Missouri | The Missouri Department of Revenue Special Fuel Decals page prints a Fees Chart effective January 1, 2026. For a passenger vehicle the chart lists $150 a year for electric, LP, or natural gas and $75 a year for a plug-in hybrid, plus a $9 processing fee. The same chart lists $150 and $75 at 18,000 pounds or less and for a school bus; $200 and $100 from 18,001 to 36,000 pounds with an F tab; $300 and $150 in that weight range without an F tab; $375 and $187.50 at 36,001 pounds or more with an F tab; $1,500 and $750 at 36,001 pounds without an F tab; and $300 and $150 for a local bus, a commercial bus, or a transit bus. Each of those rows also lists the $9 processing fee. |
| Montana | Montana Code Annotated 61-3-572 sets an additional annual registration fee of $130 for a class 1 electric vehicle and $70 for a class 1 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, $190 and $100 for class 2, $340 and $210 for class 3, and $1,100 and $700 for class 4. Montana Code Annotated 61-3-571 defines class 1 as an unladen gross weight of less than 6,000 pounds, class 2 as at least 6,000 pounds but not more than 10,000 pounds, class 3 as greater than 10,000 pounds but not greater than 26,000 pounds, and class 4 as an unladen gross weight in excess of 26,000 pounds. |
| Nebraska | Nebraska Revised Statutes 60-3,191 says the additional registration fee is seventy-five dollars for a motorcycle or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, and one hundred fifty dollars for any other motor vehicle powered by an alternative fuel. |
| Nevada | No additional statewide electric-vehicle registration fee was in the AFDC laws retrieved on 2026-10-31 for Nevada. That is not the base registration fee, which can still depend on weight, value, county, or plate type. |
| New Hampshire | New Hampshire RSA 261:141-c, the version effective until January 1, 2027, says battery electric vehicles shall be assessed a surcharge of $100 on annual registration and plug-in hybrid vehicles shall be assessed a surcharge of $50. |
| New Jersey | P.L. 2024, chapter 7, section 8, codified as N.J.S.A. 39:3-8.5, says that beginning July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027, the Chief Administrator of the Motor Vehicle Commission shall impose and collect an additional annual fee of $270 upon every zero-emission vehicle to be registered. The same section prints $250 from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, $260 from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, $280 from July 1, 2027 through June 30, 2028, and $290 beginning July 1, 2028. The Motor Vehicle Commission says that for a new zero-emission vehicle, four years of the additional fee is due at the four-year registration. |
| New Mexico | No additional statewide electric-vehicle registration fee was in the AFDC laws retrieved on 2026-10-31 for New Mexico. That is not the base registration fee, which can still depend on weight, value, county, or plate type. The final text of Senate Bill 2 (2026), Chapter 4, signed by the Governor on February 5, 2026, imposes an additional annual fee effective January 1, 2027. For an electric vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less, the fee is $70.00 beginning January 1, 2027 and prior to January 1, 2028, $80.00 beginning January 1, 2028 and prior to January 1, 2029, and $90.00 on and after January 1, 2029. For a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle in that weight range, the fee is $35.00, $40.00, and $45.00 in those same periods. |
| New York | No additional statewide electric-vehicle registration fee was in the AFDC laws retrieved on 2026-10-31 for New York. That is not the base registration fee, which can still depend on weight, value, county, or plate type. |
| North Carolina | North Carolina General Statutes 20-87(13) says the owner of a plug-in electric vehicle that is not a low-speed vehicle and that does not rely on a nonelectric source of power shall pay a fee of two hundred fourteen dollars and fifty cents ($214.50) at initial registration and at registration renewal, in addition to any other required registration fees. |
| North Dakota | North Dakota Century Code 39-04-19.2 says the department shall collect, at the beginning of each annual registration period and in addition to all other registration fees, an electric vehicle road use fee of one hundred twenty dollars, a plug-in hybrid vehicle road use fee of fifty dollars, and an electric motorcycle road use fee of twenty dollars. |
| Ohio | Ohio Revised Code 4503.10 says the registrar shall collect an additional fee of one hundred dollars for a hybrid motor vehicle, one hundred fifty dollars for a plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicle, and two hundred dollars for a battery electric motor vehicle, for each registration or renewal application, prorated based on the number of months of registration. |
| Oklahoma | The 2025 Justia copy of Oklahoma Statutes title 68, section 6511, sets an additional annual registration fee by gross weight. Class 1 is less than 6,000 pounds, at $110 for an electric vehicle other than a plug-in hybrid and $82 for a plug-in hybrid. Class 2 is at least 6,000 pounds but not greater than 10,000 pounds, at $158 and $118. Classes 3, 4, 5, and 6 are greater than 10,000 pounds but not greater than 26,000 pounds, at $363 and $272. Classes 7 and 8 are in excess of 26,000 pounds, at $2,250 and $1,687. This page uses those statutory weight bands. The copy is a third-party text of the 2025 statutes. |
| Oregon | Oregon DMV's vehicle fees page lists a two-year registration fee of $376 for an all-electric passenger vehicle that is not enrolled in OReGO, and $86 if the vehicle is enrolled in OReGO. The same list shows $216 for a passenger vehicle rated 40 miles per gallon or higher that is not enrolled in OReGO. The page says that starting July 1, 2027, when it is time to renew, drivers of used electric vehicles must pay an $86 two-year registration fee and decide either to pay a flat fee or to pay by the mile, that this begins January 1, 2028 for new electric vehicles, and that it begins July 1, 2028 for hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles. That $376 is the full two-year base fee, not an add-on. DMV says county and plate fees are added to it. |
| Pennsylvania | PennDOT's Road User Charge page lists the 2026 charge as $250 for one year or $500 for two years for an electric vehicle, and $63 for one year or $126 for two years for a plug-in hybrid. The same table lists 2025 at $200 and $400 for an electric vehicle and $50 and $100 for a plug-in hybrid. It says that each January 1 thereafter the electric-vehicle charge is tied to the consumer price index and the plug-in hybrid charge is 25% of the electric-vehicle fee, rounded to the next dollar, and that starting in 2027 PennDOT adjusts the fee each year. This page does not print a later indexed dollar. |
| Rhode Island | AFDC law 14372 says that beginning January 1, 2026, Rhode Island's additional annual fee is $200 for an electric vehicle, $100 for a plug-in hybrid, and $50 for a hybrid. |
| South Carolina | South Carolina Code of Laws 56-3-645 says that, in addition to registration fees, the owner of a motor vehicle powered exclusively by electricity, hydrogen, or any fuel other than motor fuel that is not subject to motor fuel user fees shall pay a biennial road use fee of one hundred twenty dollars. |
| South Dakota | Enrolled House Bill 1227 (2026), published as 2026 Session Laws Chapter 132 and signed February 26, 2026, amends SDCL 32-5-188 so the owner of an electric motor vehicle pays an annual fee of $100, which the enrolled act writes as one hundred dollars, at the time of annual registration. The enrolled act does not prescribe its own effective date. SDCL 2-14-16 says an act passed at a regular session that does not prescribe when it takes effect takes effect on the first day of July after its passage. The fee does not apply to an electric motorcycle if the license fee under SDCL 32-5-9 is paid. |
| Tennessee | The Tennessee Department of Revenue VR-5 page says the additional registration fee, on top of the standard registration fee of $26.50, is $200 for an all-electric vehicle renewed on or after January 1, 2024 and prior to January 1, 2027, $274 for a renewal on or after January 1, 2027 and prior to January 1, 2028, and $274 adjusted annually for inflation on or after January 1, 2028. It says the additional fee for a hybrid or plug-in hybrid is $100 for a renewal on or after January 1, 2024 and prior to January 1, 2028, and $100 adjusted annually for inflation after that. This page does not print an inflation-adjusted dollar. |
| Texas | AFDC law 13256 says a new electric-vehicle owner in Texas must pay a first-time registration fee of $400 in addition to standard registration, and that the renewal fee is $200. It says the fees do not apply to motorcycles or neighborhood electric vehicles. The statute page is a script application and was not quoted from the code text in this edition. |
| Utah | The Utah Department of Transportation Road Usage Charge page says that as of January 1, 2026, the alternative fuel vehicle fee is $180 a year, and that drivers can pay 1.25 cents a mile instead of that fee. The same page says that on January 1, 2027, the per-mile rate will increase to 1.5 cents and the annual cap will increase to $280, consistent with the increase to the alternative fuel vehicle fee. The Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst's vehicle-registration brief dated September 16, 2026, states adjusted fees as of July 1, 2026 of $180 for electric, $25 for hybrid electric, and $64 for plug-in hybrid, in addition to the base registration fee. |
| Vermont | Vermont Statutes Title 23, section 361(a) says the annual registration fee for a pleasure car, including a pleasure car that is a plug-in electric vehicle, is $89.00, and the biennial fee is $163.00. Subsection (b), repealed effective January 1, 2027, adds an annual electric-vehicle infrastructure fee for a battery-electric pleasure car equal to the annual fee in subsection (a), or a biennial fee equal to two times that annual fee. Subsection (c) as in effect until January 1, 2027 adds an annual infrastructure fee for a plug-in hybrid pleasure car equal to one-half the annual fee in subsection (a), or a biennial fee equal to the annual fee in subsection (a). The replacement subsection (c), effective January 1, 2027, keeps that plug-in hybrid fee at the same fractions. This page does not turn those fractions into a dollar. |
| Virginia | The Virginia DMV 2026 Estimated Highway Use Fee Chart says the annual highway use fee for all electric vehicles is $135.63. The chart says those fees are valid only from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, and that the current fuels tax is 0.326 per gallon. The row for 100 miles per gallon on the same chart is $103.48 for one year. The DMV highway-use-fee page says the fee can be paid in full with registration or over time through the Mileage Choice Program. |
| Washington | Revised Code of Washington 46.17.323(1) requires a $100 fee, due only at annual registration renewal, for a vehicle that uses at least one method of propulsion capable of being reenergized by an external source of electricity and can travel at least 30 miles using only battery power, except electric motorcycles, and that is designed to drive at more than 35 miles per hour. |
| West Virginia | West Virginia Code 17A-10-3c says the annual registration fee is $200 for a vehicle fueled with hydrogen or natural gas, $100 for a vehicle operating on a combination of electricity and petrochemical fuels, and $200 for a vehicle operating exclusively on electricity, in addition to any other fee in that article. |
| Wisconsin | AFDC law 11900 says the additional annual fee in Wisconsin is $175 for an all-electric vehicle and $75 for a plug-in hybrid or hybrid. The statute section page returned 404 on 2026-10-31, so this edition cites the AFDC summary. |
| Wyoming | Wyoming Enrolled Act No. 33, House of Representatives (2026), original House Bill 145, amends W.S. 31-3-102. An all-electric vehicle's annual decal is $100.00, down from $200.00, and a plug-in hybrid's is a new $50.00 decal, effective July 1, 2026. Section 3 says this act is effective July 1, 2026. |
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AlabamaAFDC law 12205 says all-electric vehicle owners in Alabama must pay an annual fee of $203 and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle owners must pay an annual fee of $103, in addition to standard registration fees, and that beginning in 2023 the fees increase by $3 every four years. This page does not add those $3 steps onto $203 or $103.KentuckyAFDC law 12948 says the additional annual fee in 2025 is $126 for an electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid and $63 for an electric motorcycle, and that the fees are adjusted annually on the National Highway Construction Cost Index 2.0. This page does not print a 2026 indexed dollar.MississippiAFDC law 12141 says the additional annual fee in Mississippi is $150 for an all-electric vehicle and $75 for a plug-in hybrid or hybrid, and that beginning July 1, 2021, the Department of Revenue increases the fee annually with the Consumer Price Index. This page does not print a CPI-adjusted dollar.TennesseeThe Tennessee Department of Revenue VR-5 page says the additional registration fee, on top of the standard registration fee of $26.50, is $200 for an all-electric vehicle renewed on or after January 1, 2024 and prior to January 1, 2027, $274 for a renewal on or after January 1, 2027 and prior to January 1, 2028, and $274 adjusted annually for inflation on or after January 1, 2028. It says the additional fee for a hybrid or plug-in hybrid is $100 for a renewal on or after January 1, 2024 and prior to January 1, 2028, and $100 adjusted annually for inflation after that. This page does not print an inflation-adjusted dollar.
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AlaskaNo additional statewide electric-vehicle registration fee was in the AFDC laws retrieved on 2026-10-31 for Alaska. That is not the base registration fee, which can still depend on weight, value, county, or plate type.HawaiiSince July 1, 2025, the Hawaii Department of Transportation says an eligible electric vehicle's driver chooses a state per-mile road usage charge of $8 per 1,000 miles driven, capped at $50, or a state flat annual road usage charge of $50. Plug-in hybrids and hybrids are not eligible. The department's June 2025 HiRUC fact sheet says the program replaces the state's $50 electric-vehicle registration surcharge for eligible electric vehicles, that the per-mile charge becomes mandatory on July 1, 2028, and that Maui County's separate annual county surcharge is $100. Hawaii Revised Statutes section 249-36 limits an eligible electric vehicle to a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less.
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ArizonaAFDC law 4179 says that for an alternative-fuel vehicle purchased by December 31, 2022, the Arizona vehicle license tax is $4 for every $100 of assessed value, with a minimum annual tax of $5, and that the assessed value starts at 20% of the manufacturer's suggested retail price and then falls by 15% each succeeding year. Alternative fuels for this tax include electricity.ColoradoThe Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles taxes-and-fees page lists a Plug-In Electric Vehicle fee of $63.05. The same page lists electric motor vehicle road usage fees, which it says are predetermined by statute, of $26 for a battery-electric vehicle and $13 for a plug-in hybrid for July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. This page does not add the $63.05 fee to the road-usage fee.IdahoIdaho Statutes 49-457 says an electric vehicle fee of one hundred forty dollars ($140) shall be collected in addition to all other registration fees on each electric vehicle registered, and that neighborhood electric vehicles are not subject to that subsection.MontanaMontana Code Annotated 61-3-572 sets an additional annual registration fee of $130 for a class 1 electric vehicle and $70 for a class 1 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, $190 and $100 for class 2, $340 and $210 for class 3, and $1,100 and $700 for class 4. Montana Code Annotated 61-3-571 defines class 1 as an unladen gross weight of less than 6,000 pounds, class 2 as at least 6,000 pounds but not more than 10,000 pounds, class 3 as greater than 10,000 pounds but not greater than 26,000 pounds, and class 4 as an unladen gross weight in excess of 26,000 pounds.NevadaNo additional statewide electric-vehicle registration fee was in the AFDC laws retrieved on 2026-10-31 for Nevada. That is not the base registration fee, which can still depend on weight, value, county, or plate type.New MexicoNo additional statewide electric-vehicle registration fee was in the AFDC laws retrieved on 2026-10-31 for New Mexico. That is not the base registration fee, which can still depend on weight, value, county, or plate type. The final text of Senate Bill 2 (2026), Chapter 4, signed by the Governor on February 5, 2026, imposes an additional annual fee effective January 1, 2027. For an electric vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less, the fee is $70.00 beginning January 1, 2027 and prior to January 1, 2028, $80.00 beginning January 1, 2028 and prior to January 1, 2029, and $90.00 on and after January 1, 2029. For a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle in that weight range, the fee is $35.00, $40.00, and $45.00 in those same periods.UtahThe Utah Department of Transportation Road Usage Charge page says that as of January 1, 2026, the alternative fuel vehicle fee is $180 a year, and that drivers can pay 1.25 cents a mile instead of that fee. The same page says that on January 1, 2027, the per-mile rate will increase to 1.5 cents and the annual cap will increase to $280, consistent with the increase to the alternative fuel vehicle fee. The Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst's vehicle-registration brief dated September 16, 2026, states adjusted fees as of July 1, 2026 of $180 for electric, $25 for hybrid electric, and $64 for plug-in hybrid, in addition to the base registration fee.WyomingWyoming Enrolled Act No. 33, House of Representatives (2026), original House Bill 145, amends W.S. 31-3-102. An all-electric vehicle's annual decal is $100.00, down from $200.00, and a plug-in hybrid's is a new $50.00 decal, effective July 1, 2026. Section 3 says this act is effective July 1, 2026.
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ArkansasAFDC law 12182 says the additional annual fee in Arkansas is $200 for all-electric vehicles, $100 for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and $50 for hybrid electric vehicles, and that vehicles registered with a military service and veterans special license plate with a permanent decal under Arkansas Code 27-24-201 are exempt.LouisianaThe Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles alert dated April 2, 2026, says the road usage fee is $110 per year on each electric vehicle and $60 per year on each hybrid vehicle, and that the fee is the annual road usage fee imposed by R.S. 32.461. Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:461 levies a road usage fee of $110 per year on each electric vehicle and $60 per year on each hybrid vehicle operated on the highways of this state and required to be registered.OklahomaThe 2025 Justia copy of Oklahoma Statutes title 68, section 6511, sets an additional annual registration fee by gross weight. Class 1 is less than 6,000 pounds, at $110 for an electric vehicle other than a plug-in hybrid and $82 for a plug-in hybrid. Class 2 is at least 6,000 pounds but not greater than 10,000 pounds, at $158 and $118. Classes 3, 4, 5, and 6 are greater than 10,000 pounds but not greater than 26,000 pounds, at $363 and $272. Classes 7 and 8 are in excess of 26,000 pounds, at $2,250 and $1,687. This page uses those statutory weight bands. The copy is a third-party text of the 2025 statutes.TexasAFDC law 13256 says a new electric-vehicle owner in Texas must pay a first-time registration fee of $400 in addition to standard registration, and that the renewal fee is $200. It says the fees do not apply to motorcycles or neighborhood electric vehicles. The statute page is a script application and was not quoted from the code text in this edition.
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CaliforniaThe California DMV registration-fees page, retrieved 2026-10-31, lists a Road Improvement Fee of $121 for original registration or renewal under Vehicle Code section 9250.6. The fee is assessed on model year 2020 and later zero-emission vehicles, it affects registration renewals unless exempted, and it is not assessed on the initial registration of a newly purchased zero-emission vehicle from a licensed vehicle dealer. AFDC law 11779 states a statutory base of $100 plus an annual California Consumer Price Index adjustment. This page quotes the DMV table's $121 and does not multiply the $100 base.OregonOregon DMV's vehicle fees page lists a two-year registration fee of $376 for an all-electric passenger vehicle that is not enrolled in OReGO, and $86 if the vehicle is enrolled in OReGO. The same list shows $216 for a passenger vehicle rated 40 miles per gallon or higher that is not enrolled in OReGO. The page says that starting July 1, 2027, when it is time to renew, drivers of used electric vehicles must pay an $86 two-year registration fee and decide either to pay a flat fee or to pay by the mile, that this begins January 1, 2028 for new electric vehicles, and that it begins July 1, 2028 for hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles. That $376 is the full two-year base fee, not an add-on. DMV says county and plate fees are added to it.WashingtonRevised Code of Washington 46.17.323(1) requires a $100 fee, due only at annual registration renewal, for a vehicle that uses at least one method of propulsion capable of being reenergized by an external source of electricity and can travel at least 30 miles using only battery power, except electric motorcycles, and that is designed to drive at more than 35 miles per hour.
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ConnecticutNo additional statewide electric-vehicle registration fee was in the AFDC laws retrieved on 2026-10-31 for Connecticut. That is not the base registration fee, which can still depend on weight, value, county, or plate type.MaineNo additional statewide electric-vehicle registration fee was in the AFDC laws retrieved on 2026-10-31 for Maine. That is not the base registration fee, which can still depend on weight, value, county, or plate type.MassachusettsNo additional statewide electric-vehicle registration fee was in the AFDC laws retrieved on 2026-10-31 for Massachusetts. That is not the base registration fee, which can still depend on weight, value, county, or plate type.New HampshireNew Hampshire RSA 261:141-c, the version effective until January 1, 2027, says battery electric vehicles shall be assessed a surcharge of $100 on annual registration and plug-in hybrid vehicles shall be assessed a surcharge of $50.Rhode IslandAFDC law 14372 says that beginning January 1, 2026, Rhode Island's additional annual fee is $200 for an electric vehicle, $100 for a plug-in hybrid, and $50 for a hybrid.VermontVermont Statutes Title 23, section 361(a) says the annual registration fee for a pleasure car, including a pleasure car that is a plug-in electric vehicle, is $89.00, and the biennial fee is $163.00. Subsection (b), repealed effective January 1, 2027, adds an annual electric-vehicle infrastructure fee for a battery-electric pleasure car equal to the annual fee in subsection (a), or a biennial fee equal to two times that annual fee. Subsection (c) as in effect until January 1, 2027 adds an annual infrastructure fee for a plug-in hybrid pleasure car equal to one-half the annual fee in subsection (a), or a biennial fee equal to the annual fee in subsection (a). The replacement subsection (c), effective January 1, 2027, keeps that plug-in hybrid fee at the same fractions. This page does not turn those fractions into a dollar.
South Atlantic
DelawareAFDC law 14399 says Delaware's additional alternative-fuel registration fee for a battery-electric vehicle is $110 at 6,000 pounds or less, $150 from 6,001 to 10,000 pounds, $260 from 10,001 to 26,000 pounds, and $900 above 26,000 pounds.District of ColumbiaThe District of Columbia Department of Motor Vehicles vehicle registration fee table lists a battery-electric passenger vehicle at $36.00 under the column effective October 1, 2023, and $40.00 under the column effective March 30, 2026. The note says the $40.00 rate is for a brand-new battery-electric passenger vehicle, other than a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle, under 5,000 pounds, and only for the first two years of registration. After two years the vehicle is treated as class I or class II. A gas/electric or hybrid vehicle does not qualify for the $40.00 registration or for subtracting 1,000 pounds from the manufacturer's shipping weight. That is a reduced fee, not an added surcharge.FloridaNo additional statewide electric-vehicle registration fee was in the AFDC laws retrieved on 2026-10-31 for Florida. That is not the base registration fee, which can still depend on weight, value, county, or plate type.GeorgiaThe Georgia Department of Revenue Motor Vehicle Division bulletin Annual Licensing Fees, effective July 1, 2026, says the annual alternative-fuel-vehicle licensing fees for registrations that begin or have a renewal date between July 1, 2026, and June 30, 2027, are a commercial motor vehicle fee of $357.98, a non-commercial motor vehicle fee of $238.59, and a low-speed vehicle fee of $111.64.MarylandMaryland Transportation Code section 13-956, on the General Assembly site retrieved 2026-10-31, sets a surcharge of $125.00 for each zero-emission vehicle and $100.00 for each plug-in electric drive vehicle that is not a zero-emission vehicle.North CarolinaNorth Carolina General Statutes 20-87(13) says the owner of a plug-in electric vehicle that is not a low-speed vehicle and that does not rely on a nonelectric source of power shall pay a fee of two hundred fourteen dollars and fifty cents ($214.50) at initial registration and at registration renewal, in addition to any other required registration fees.South CarolinaSouth Carolina Code of Laws 56-3-645 says that, in addition to registration fees, the owner of a motor vehicle powered exclusively by electricity, hydrogen, or any fuel other than motor fuel that is not subject to motor fuel user fees shall pay a biennial road use fee of one hundred twenty dollars.VirginiaThe Virginia DMV 2026 Estimated Highway Use Fee Chart says the annual highway use fee for all electric vehicles is $135.63. The chart says those fees are valid only from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, and that the current fuels tax is 0.326 per gallon. The row for 100 miles per gallon on the same chart is $103.48 for one year. The DMV highway-use-fee page says the fee can be paid in full with registration or over time through the Mileage Choice Program.West VirginiaWest Virginia Code 17A-10-3c says the annual registration fee is $200 for a vehicle fueled with hydrogen or natural gas, $100 for a vehicle operating on a combination of electricity and petrochemical fuels, and $200 for a vehicle operating exclusively on electricity, in addition to any other fee in that article.
East North Central
IllinoisAFDC law 12254 says battery-electric vehicle owners in Illinois must pay an annual fee of $100 in addition to standard registration fees. The record does not state a plug-in hybrid fee. The Illinois Compiled Statutes page was not opened for this edition because the legislature site certificate check failed from the review environment.IndianaThe Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles Fee Chart, retrieved 2026-10-31, lists an Electric Vehicle Supplemental Fee of $242.00 and a Hybrid Vehicle Supplemental Fee of $81.00.MichiganThe Michigan Secretary of State says the electric-vehicle fee is $267 and is charged in addition to any regular registration fees, and that the electric-vehicle fee for trucks and buses is $367. It says the plug-in hybrid fee is $113 and is charged in addition to the regular registration fees, and that the plug-in hybrid fee for trucks and buses is $183. The page lists those fees for registering or renewing an electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle, and when a plate is transferred from a non-electric or non-hybrid vehicle.OhioOhio Revised Code 4503.10 says the registrar shall collect an additional fee of one hundred dollars for a hybrid motor vehicle, one hundred fifty dollars for a plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicle, and two hundred dollars for a battery electric motor vehicle, for each registration or renewal application, prorated based on the number of months of registration.WisconsinAFDC law 11900 says the additional annual fee in Wisconsin is $175 for an all-electric vehicle and $75 for a plug-in hybrid or hybrid. The statute section page returned 404 on 2026-10-31, so this edition cites the AFDC summary.
West North Central
IowaIowa Code 2026 section 321.116 says the annual battery-electric motor vehicle registration fee, in addition to the annual registration fee under section 321.109, shall be one hundred thirty dollars.KansasKansas Statutes 8-143, as amended by L. 2025, ch. 64, section 1, effective January 1, 2026, sets the annual license fee for a passenger vehicle at $30 when the gross weight is 4,500 pounds or less and $40 when the gross weight is more than 4,500 pounds. In the same list, the annual license fee is $70 for an electric hybrid passenger vehicle, $100 for a plug-in electric hybrid passenger vehicle, and $165 for an all-electric passenger vehicle. Those three amounts are the whole fee for that vehicle, not a surcharge added to the $30 or $40 fee.MinnesotaAFDC law 11840 says that between January 1, 2026, and June 30, 2027, Minnesota's additional registration fee will be a minimum of $150 for electric vehicles and $75 for plug-in hybrids, and that beginning July 1, 2027, the minimum will be $100 for electric vehicles and $50 for plug-in hybrids, with the fee adjusted relative to the manufacturer's suggested retail price. This page does not print the MSRP schedule.MissouriThe Missouri Department of Revenue Special Fuel Decals page prints a Fees Chart effective January 1, 2026. For a passenger vehicle the chart lists $150 a year for electric, LP, or natural gas and $75 a year for a plug-in hybrid, plus a $9 processing fee. The same chart lists $150 and $75 at 18,000 pounds or less and for a school bus; $200 and $100 from 18,001 to 36,000 pounds with an F tab; $300 and $150 in that weight range without an F tab; $375 and $187.50 at 36,001 pounds or more with an F tab; $1,500 and $750 at 36,001 pounds without an F tab; and $300 and $150 for a local bus, a commercial bus, or a transit bus. Each of those rows also lists the $9 processing fee.NebraskaNebraska Revised Statutes 60-3,191 says the additional registration fee is seventy-five dollars for a motorcycle or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, and one hundred fifty dollars for any other motor vehicle powered by an alternative fuel.North DakotaNorth Dakota Century Code 39-04-19.2 says the department shall collect, at the beginning of each annual registration period and in addition to all other registration fees, an electric vehicle road use fee of one hundred twenty dollars, a plug-in hybrid vehicle road use fee of fifty dollars, and an electric motorcycle road use fee of twenty dollars.South DakotaEnrolled House Bill 1227 (2026), published as 2026 Session Laws Chapter 132 and signed February 26, 2026, amends SDCL 32-5-188 so the owner of an electric motor vehicle pays an annual fee of $100, which the enrolled act writes as one hundred dollars, at the time of annual registration. The enrolled act does not prescribe its own effective date. SDCL 2-14-16 says an act passed at a regular session that does not prescribe when it takes effect takes effect on the first day of July after its passage. The fee does not apply to an electric motorcycle if the license fee under SDCL 32-5-9 is paid.
Middle Atlantic
New JerseyP.L. 2024, chapter 7, section 8, codified as N.J.S.A. 39:3-8.5, says that beginning July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027, the Chief Administrator of the Motor Vehicle Commission shall impose and collect an additional annual fee of $270 upon every zero-emission vehicle to be registered. The same section prints $250 from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, $260 from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, $280 from July 1, 2027 through June 30, 2028, and $290 beginning July 1, 2028. The Motor Vehicle Commission says that for a new zero-emission vehicle, four years of the additional fee is due at the four-year registration.New YorkNo additional statewide electric-vehicle registration fee was in the AFDC laws retrieved on 2026-10-31 for New York. That is not the base registration fee, which can still depend on weight, value, county, or plate type.PennsylvaniaPennDOT's Road User Charge page lists the 2026 charge as $250 for one year or $500 for two years for an electric vehicle, and $63 for one year or $126 for two years for a plug-in hybrid. The same table lists 2025 at $200 and $400 for an electric vehicle and $50 and $100 for a plug-in hybrid. It says that each January 1 thereafter the electric-vehicle charge is tied to the consumer price index and the plug-in hybrid charge is 25% of the electric-vehicle fee, rounded to the next dollar, and that starting in 2027 PennDOT adjusts the fee each year. This page does not print a later indexed dollar.
After the fee
The registration fee does not answer what overnight charging costs, whether the panel can take a Level 2 circuit, or whether a utility still pays for the charger. Start with the charging-cost guide, the panel guide, and the charger rebate guide. Vehicle purchase incentives that are not registration fees stay on the 2026 incentives guide.
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The registration fee is not the charger. What the hardware costs, and which Level 2 units are adjustable, is in the charger guide and the Home Flex review. The button opens the Amazon listing. It does not change a DMV fee.
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Limits of this edition
- The fee on these pages is the additional statewide electric, plug-in, or alternative-fuel charge the cited source states, except where that state's lead says the amount is the full registration fee for the vehicle, the whole class fee, or a reduced fee. It is not the full registration bill.
- Where a source indexes a fee and does not state the current indexed dollar, the page quotes the base and the adjustment rule and does not multiply them.
- Michigan's fuel-tax adder, Alabama's four-year step, Maryland's post-June 30, 2025 inflation adjustment, and Vermont's plug-in infrastructure fee, which the statute states as a fraction of the pleasure-car fee, are not computed on the page.
- Washington's statute fees are printed as separate $100, $50, and seventy-five dollar charges. They are not added together.
- Colorado's plug-in electric vehicle fee and its road-usage fee are quoted as separate lines from the DMV schedule. They are not added together.
- Seven states had no additional statewide electric-vehicle registration fee in the AFDC laws retrieved on 2026-10-31: Alaska, Connecticut, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, and New York. Arizona's page states the same no-additional-fee finding next to the reduced alternative-fuel license tax. New Mexico had no such fee in that AFDC retrieval. Chapter 4 of the 2026 session laws imposes one beginning January 1, 2027.
FAQ
Which states charge an extra EV registration fee?
This hub does not invent a registration fee. Each state page quotes a statewide electric or plug-in charge from a statute, a motor-vehicle agency, or the U.S. Department of Energy AFDC summary of that law. Where a state's lead says the amount is the full registration fee for the vehicle, the whole class fee, or a reduced fee, that lead is not a surcharge. The AFDC laws were retrieved October 31, 2026. Agency and statute pages named on a state page were opened on the review date that page prints. Where a fee is indexed and the current indexed dollar was not on the page reviewed, the page quotes the base and the rule and does not compute a new dollar. A state that says no additional fee means none was in the AFDC laws retrieved on October 31, 2026, except where that page also quotes a later enacted fee.
Why do some states show a base amount and a formula instead of one dollar?
Several states raise the fee with inflation, a highway-cost index, or the gasoline tax. When the statute or AFDC record states the base and the rule but not this year's result, the page stops there.
Is the fee the whole cost of registering the car?
No. Weight, value, county, and plate charges are separate. So is the home charger rebate, and so is the price of the electricity.
Sources
- NLR Transportation Laws and Incentives API. Dump retrieved 2026-11-04.
- AFDC laws and incentives.
- Statute and motor-vehicle pages are listed on the state page that quotes them.