The Indiana Department of Transportation says Hoosiers who own electric and hybrid vehicles will pay a lot more for their annual registration fees starting in January.
INDOT says it’s due to a projected four-to-five-percent decrease in gasoline consumption nationally in 2025.
Lawmakers say that much of a drop is not sustainable for the state’s Community Crossings Fund that has nearly 60-percent of its funding from the gas tax.
Over 90-percent of the projects that program pays for are roadwork.
