House lawmakers made public a massive transportation bill Sunday that would impose new fees on electric vehicles as gasoline prices surge following the Iran war.  

House lawmakers unveiled bipartisan legislation that would impose a new annual $130 fee on electric vehicles and a $35 fee on plug-in hybrid vehicles as part of a proposed five-year, roughly $580 billion highway reauthorization bill. The proposal aims to offset declining gasoline tax revenue used to fund federal road repairs as EV adoption increases....

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) highlights that in 2025, roughly one in four new cars worldwide was a battery-electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid. The majority of the approximately 20 million new BEVs and PHEVs registered last year were in China, Europe, the USA, and India. However, this strong growth is not limited to...