Oklahoma Transportation Secretary Wants Action Soon On Additional Fees For Electric, Hybrid Vehicles

Public Radio Tulsa

By MATT TROTTER
 MARCH 8, 2021

 Oklahoma’s top transportation official is hoping lawmakers make progress soon on policies to generate highway funding from hybrid and electric vehicles.
 The concern is those types of vehicles use less gasoline, meaning less gas tax revenue for road and bridge work. State Secretary of Transportation Tim Gatz said last week there are many potential solutions, including registration fees or coming up with road user charges — essentially, a gallons of gasoline equivalent tax on electric miles traveled.
 Industry projections put electric vehicles nearing half the passenger fleet by 2040. They currently represent less than 2% of vehicles in Oklahoma, but Gatz said he believes the transition will happen at some point.

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