Vehicle Registration Database

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), in collaboration with other state agencies, must create and maintain a database of vehicle registrations in the Commonwealth. The database must contain the total number of registrations for:

• Passenger fossil fuel-powered vehicles;
• Passenger hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs);
• Passenger zero emission vehicles (ZEVs);
• Commercial fossil fuel-powered vehicles;
• Commercial HEVs; and,
• Commercial ZEVs.

The database must also track the annual number of vehicle miles traveled per vehicle type. MassDOT must update the database and publish a data summary report annually. For more information, see the Massachusetts Vehicle Census page.

(Reference Session Law Chapter 179, Section 78, 2022 and Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 6C, Section 78)