May put an end to free public charging. Some states are actually implementing this: "next year, Utah will impose a 12.5% tax that its Republican sponsor, Rep. Mike Schultz, says will work out to about $3 for each full charge, the Salt Lake City Tribune reported. The same law also lowers the gasoline tax by 2 cents per gallon. In Iowa, station operators will begin collecting an electric fuel excise tax of 2.6 cents per kWH beginning July 1. Oklahoma and Kentucky will both start charging 3 cents per kWH in 2024. Under an earlier version of the Georgia bill, the tax would have been 3.47 cents per kWH -- by far the highest among the handful of states that have one. It was lowered to 2.84 cents before Gov. Kemp signed it. We feel if your car is putting out toxins, you should pay for that," Cowie said. Since EV drivers already pay sales and franchise taxes at charging stations with fees, as well as a $120 EV registration fee, she said they're being "triple taxed."
