A Washington state tax on electric vehicles will go into effect February 2013 but will exclude vehicles like LSVs with a top speed of 35 mph or less.  The $100 tax was instituted to address the conundrum of electric vehicles not paying any gasoline taxes earmarked for highway and other road maintenance, even though they use these roads as well.  The tax is the first in the nation of this kind.  As EV use increases it is likely that other states will try to recoup lost gas taxes in a similar way.  Learn more:  InsideEVs.com