Under state law, Texas will bill electric vehicle owners an extra $200 each year

Plano resident Tony Federico bought his Tesla five years ago in part because he hated spending lots of money on gas.

But that financial calculus will change slightly on Sept. 1, when Texas will start charging electric vehicle drivers an additional fee of $200 each year.

“It just seems like it’s arbitrary, with no real logic behind it,” said Federico, 51, who works in information technology. “But I’m going to have to pay it.”