Electric vehicle drivers face national road tax

OK Energy Today

May 18, 2026

Five years after Oklahoma adopted a tax on EV owners for using state highways and roads, Congress is about to enter the same effort but it already is causing a dispute among U.S. House and Senate Democrats.

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee unveiled its long-awaited transportation bill, also known as the highway bill, over the weekend. The legislation came from Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., who chairs the Committee and from ranking member, Rick Larsen, D-Wash. No Oklahomans sit on the House Committee.

Here’s the rub. According to E&E News, the bill puts Rep. Larsen in direct opposition to what Democrats in the Senate prefer. Larsen supports taxing EV drivers for highway maintenance, which historically is financed through federal and state gasoline taxes. Larsen agrees EV drivers contribute far less to the Highway Trust Fund than gas vehicle drivers or they contribute nothing at all.

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