By Anne Snabes

MediaNews Group

During a stop in Clinton Township Monday Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall defended a hike in registration fees for electric vehicles under a budget deal struck earlier this month, contending the new fees will bring EV users and internal combustion engine motorists to “the same level” when it comes to user taxes.

A road-funding plan — touted at a bipartisan event Monday in Clinton Township with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Hall and other lawmakers — was approved in early October after months of negotiations. It will hike registration fees for electric vehicles by about 63%, while largely leaving user fees and taxes for gas-powered vehicles unchanged. The owners of plug-in hybrids would pay approximately 83% more in additional annual registration fees, assessed ar

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