The levy is 500 bucks for EVs and 250 bucks for hybrids every two years. Given the premium cost for these vehicles, the provincial government takes in additional tax revenue when they are bought... and the loss in fuel tax revenue is nowhere near these numbers. We've contacted our MLA Tim Halman (who is also Environment Minister for NS) to ask how he decided on the numbers and he literally won't say. He was happy to lie and say Ontario and Quebec do the same (they don't).