Nova Scotia’s new EV and plug-in hybrid levies will start on October 1.
When you register a new vehicle or renew your registration, electric vehicle owners will now pay an additional $500 every two years. Plug-in Hybrid owners will pay $250 every two years.
There are a few exemptions to the new levy. Other types of hybrid engines, including mild hybrid electric vehicles and parallel hybrid engines, are excluded. So are municipal, fire, or police vehicles that run on plug-in hybrid or fully electric fleets.
Other types of hybrid engine vehicles are exempt from the new levies.
The levies, introduced in the 2026 Nova Scotia Budget, are designed to ensure electric vehicle owners also pay for road maintenance across the province. Before the levies, the province collected road-maintenance taxes only through gasoline taxes in the Maritime province.
Nova Scotia’s current gas tax is 15.5 cents per litre on gas and 15.4 cents per litre on diesel, but these taxes do not cover the full infrastructure and maintenance budget.
The Province of Nova Scotia expects the new levy to bring in about $1.9 million per year coming from the 5,500 EVs and 4,500 plug-in hybrids currently registered in the province.
To get the latest information on EV rebates in your area, make sure to check out our two evergreen EV rebate pages that break down available rebates by province:
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