This year’s statewide tour of environmentally friendly vehicles, starting with a June 15 stop in Gainesville, has a less-than-amicable cloud hanging over it. Georgia’s new transportation funding law, which takes effect July 1, calls for electric car owners to pay an annual $200 fee — $300 for those used for commercial purposes — and the $5,000 tax credit serving as an incentive to buy such a vehicle is gone. “I think the average person probably has not heard about the additional $200 EV fee as much as the ending of the $5,000 state tax credit,” said Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols, who leads the fifth annual Alternative Fuel Vehicles Roadshow set for eight stops June 15-26.
Alt-fuel vehicles roadshow goes on in wake of new fee, credit cut
Event kicks off in Gainesville on June 15