Utah to launch miles driven fee for alternative-fuel cars – Cache Valley Daily

FILE – Utahns can check out electric vehicle options, including homemade cars, on Saturday in Murray. Credit: Mykyta Starychenko/iStockPhoto.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – State officials in Utah have announced plans to launch a road-user fee program expected to raise money for highways that could someday replace gas taxes.

The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Utah would implement the program Jan. 1 where volunteer drivers would pay a 1.5 cent per mile fee in exchange for getting charged less for a special registration fee the state implemented for electric car owners. State officials say the program is available to electric and hybrid registered vehicle owners.

Officials say the state will charge alternative-fuel car owners starting in 2020, but this program could save drivers money.