Connected Car
The state adopted the “enhanced registration surcharge fees” on electric vehicles and high gas mileage vehicles like hybrids. The fee is a sliding scale based on the efficiency level of the vehicle. To date, there are about 2,100 vehicles enrolled in the OReGO program, according the ODOT website. Participants pay 1.9 cents per mile driven.“Whereas, when we talk about the OReGO program, as people pay by the mile, they are paying for their direct usage of the road,” he added. "We don’t want to put too many barriers to that,” said Boardman.