Nebraska electric vehicle fee
Nebraska charges $150 a year on an electric car, on top of everything a gas car pays.
How much is the Nebraska EV registration fee?
$150 a year. That sits on top of the ordinary $15 registration, so an electric car costs $165 a year to keep on the road where a gas car costs $15.
Hybrids pay less: a plug-in hybrid pays $75 a year, and a regular hybrid that does not plug in pays nothing extra.
Nebraska adds an annual fee to an electric or alternative-fuel car to make up for the fuel tax it does not pay. A full electric or hydrogen fuel-cell car pays $150 a year and a plug-in hybrid $75, charged with the registration and paid into the state Highway Trust Fund. source 4
| Fuel type | Extra per year | Total registration |
|---|---|---|
| Gas or diesel | Nothing | $15 |
| Plug-in hybrid | $75 | $90 |
| Electric | $150 | $165 |
What Nebraska's $150 adds up to
The yearly number understates it. Here is what Nebraska's $150 comes to the longer you keep the car.
| Years owned | Extra paid for driving electric in Nebraska |
|---|---|
| 1 | $150 |
| 3 | $450 |
| 5 | $750 |
| 10 | $1,500 |
Whether $150 a year is a fair swap depends entirely on how far you drive, because it stands in for the fuel tax an electric car skips. Drive a lot and you are ahead; drive little and the Nebraska charge costs you more than the tax it replaces.
What the Nebraska charge is for
Here is the Nebraska figure in proportion. The registration fee for any car is $15. The electric vehicle charge on top of it is $150, which is 10 times the fee it is added to. An electric car in Nebraska is not paying a slightly higher registration, it is paying a separate bill that happens to arrive with the registration.
It comes down to how roads are funded. Gas drivers pay for them at the pump through fuel tax; an electric driver does not, so Nebraska recovers a share of that with a yearly fee instead. More on why states charge it.
Whether the amount is a fair swap is where the states stop agreeing. New Jersey charges $270 and Hawaii charges $50 for the same car doing the same mileage. The reasoning and the full range are set out here.
When you pay it
In Nebraska it is charged from the first registration, so it lands in the bill on the day you buy the car rather than a year later.
The calculator on the Nebraska registration page applies that rule. Set the fuel type to electric and it shows you the figure in place, with everything else itemized around it.
How Nebraska compares
Nebraska is 22th highest of the 41 states that charge an electric car fee.
| State | Electric | Plug-in hybrid |
|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | $270 | Not charged |
| Missouri | $159 | $84 |
| Nebraska | $150 | $75 |
| Colorado | $89.05 | Not charged |
| Hawaii | $50 | Not charged |
Nebraska shown against the states next to it and the two ends of the range. All 51 side by side on the EV fee by state page.
Questions about the Nebraska EV fee
How much is EV registration in Nebraska?
$150 a year on top of the normal registration, so $165 in total against $15 for a gas car.
Why is EV registration so expensive in Nebraska?
Because the fee is meant to replace the fuel tax an electric car does not pay. Nebraska has set that replacement at $150 a year, which is towards the middle of the range. The states have landed on very different numbers for the same argument.
Do electric cars have higher registration fees than gas cars?
In Nebraska, yes, by $150 a year. Everything else on the bill is the same.
Is there a hybrid registration fee in Nebraska?
Yes. A plug-in hybrid pays $75 a year, and a regular hybrid that does not plug in pays nothing extra, less than the $150 charged on a full electric car. A hybrid still buys gas and pays fuel tax on it, so the charge is smaller.
Is there a federal EV registration fee?
No. There is no federal vehicle registration in the United States at all. Registration is run state by state, which is exactly why the charge on an electric car runs from nothing to $270 depending on where you park it.
Is the Nebraska EV fee ever waived?
Not as a general rule. Nebraska DMV publishes the fee as applying to electric vehicles at registration, and we are not aware of a published waiver. If you think an exemption applies to you, ask them directly rather than relying on a calculator.
More on registering a car in Nebraska
The electric vehicle charge is one line on a longer bill. These pages cover the rest for Nebraska:
Nearby states
Or see every state on the EV registration fee by state page.
Where these numbers come from
- Nebraska DMV, Registration Fees and Taxes, retrieved 2026-10-17
- Nebraska Revised Statute 60-3,187, motor vehicle tax base table and age schedule, retrieved 2026-10-17
- Nebraska Revised Statute 60-3,190, motor vehicle fee, retrieved 2026-10-17
- Nebraska Revised Statute 60-3,191, alternative fuel and electric vehicle fee, retrieved 2026-10-17
- Nebraska Department of Revenue, sales and use tax on motor vehicles, retrieved 2026-10-17
- Nebraska DMV, New to Nebraska (30 days, sheriff inspection $10, title $10 or $17 with lien), retrieved 2026-10-17
- Douglas County Treasurer, FAQs (30 days from purchase to register and pay sales tax), retrieved 2026-10-17
- City of Omaha Finance, Wheel Tax FAQ (basic fee $50), retrieved 2026-10-17
- City of Lincoln, Wheel Tax ($74 a year, Lincoln Municipal Code 3.20), retrieved 2026-10-17
- Nebraska Revised Statute 60-3,153, retrieved 2026-10-22
- Nebraska Department of Revenue, Sales and Use Tax Regulation 1-036, motor vehicles, retrieved 2026-10-30
Not affiliated with Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles. Several states re-set this figure annually, so check the date above.