WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) - An influential consumer

organization on Wednesday urged Republican lawmakers to drop a

plan to impose a proposed $250 annual fee on electric cars to

pay for road repairs.

Consumer Reports, which also tests and rates new vehicles,

noted that Republican Senator Bernie Moreno has called for

boosting the proposed yearly fee to $500 for EVs and $250 for

plug-in hybrids versus the tax and budget bill over the fee in

the bill approved by the U.S. House in May. The fees would mean

consumers would pay anywhere from three to seven times as much

as owners of similar conventional gasoline vehicles in federal

gas taxes, Consumer Reports said.