Iowa got a head start four years ago when it passed a tax on kilowatt hours sold. Here’s what they’ve learned so far.
While state lawmakers are currently debating new taxes for charging electric vehicles, Iowa is set to collect those taxes starting in July. Four years ago, when EVs were still rare on Iowa roads, legislators approved a law that taxes kilowatt hours sold.
Today, electric vehicles are still a small but growing share of the cars on the road. At the end of 2022, there were 4 million vehicles registered in the state overall. Of those, 6,000 were battery electric vehicles and 4,700 plug-in hybrids.
Route Fifty spoke with Stuart Anderson, the director of the transportation development division at the Iowa Department of Transportation, about the state’s experience so far in preparing for the new tax. Here are five key takeaways from that conversation.
ROUTE FIFTY
by DANIEL C. VOCK
FEBRUARY 2, 2023