You lose on both counts. I do not have subsidized electricity and CA charges up to an additional $175 dollars annually with registration fees in lieu of gas taxes.
Thanks, I didn’t know they passed that. Off hand that’s about half what an ICE pays- which, I’ll admit, is more than I thought they’d do!
“The state currently offers a rebate of $2,000 for a pure electric vehicle and $1,000 for a plug-in hybrid.
An EV worth $5,000 will pay a $25 fee. The amount climbs up to $175 per year for a plug-in electric vehicle worth $60,000 and higher. “
https://electrek.co/2020/07/10/california-starts-charging-ev-registration-fees-up-to-175-in-july/
When you factor in other state taxes and fees and the federal excise tax of 18.4 cents per gallon, Californians will pay 82.2 cents per gallon in taxes every time they fill up starting July 1, 2020
Gasoline tax (¢/gal) (includes federal tax of 18.4¢/gal) Indiana 65.0
I drive about 25K a year, getting about 20 mpg: thus using about 1250 gallons yearly.
@ 65 cents per, that's about $812 a year.
$175 sounds mighty cheap to me, since I imagine that my vehicle tears up the road as much as an electric one.