ME LD1875

Imposes a mileage-based road use fee on electric vehicles beginning January 1, 2026: 1.0¢ per mile for battery electric vehicles and 0.5¢ per mile for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles

Requires EV owners to report odometer mileage on a registration form annually; knowingly misrepresenting mileage constitutes forgery

Fee rates are tied to the current 30.0¢ per gallon gasoline tax and will adjust if that tax rate changes

Creates the Electric Vehicle Road Use Fee Fund as a nonlapsing fund to collect all revenues from the new fee

Revenue collected will fund temporary suspensions of the state gasoline tax, with the Governor determining and announcing suspension dates based on an annual calculation of the ratio of EV fees to total gas tax revenue