Pay per mile. Another blow for EV drivers

[Anon70]

Just some history for context. ICE cars were first sold around the 1890's and fuel duty, ironically at 3p/gallon was not introduced until 1909, nerly 10 years later. So it doesn't matter what fuel is used they will always tax you somehow. Even before cars they taxed horses.

 

[Tig170]

The only way that I can see this working (without massive draconian bureaucracy) is to add the levy onto the unit rate of electricity when charing the car at home or on a public charger - which would be around 10p / unit. It would be quite straighforward to implement as you can only get a SMART tariff if you have a compatible charger / car. Hence the electricity companies already know how much energy is used in car charging.... and low / hybrid users who use a granny charger, wouldnt be impacted as they would still pay the standard tariff / no levy..... but if they do go ahead with this then lets see the money spent on roads and infrastructure. Just compare France to the UK, its a dream driving on their roads / charging compared to the UK.

 

[T1 Terry]

Complain big time, have marches and rallies and ... what ever else the pollies can ignore and the news talking heads can twist to what ever flavour of trash talk they think will score them points ....... and let us know how it goes, if it works, we might try .... yeah nah, Aussies are so lay back it would take something really serious to get them off their butt and out to protest ..... reintroducing early pub and poker machine trading hours and restricted bottle shop hrs and sales limits ... now that would get them stirred up

T1 Terry

 

[Archev]

If the hearse is an EV, who pays the 3p per mile

Wouldn’t that constitute a dead loss??

 

[stevedee]

...but if they do go ahead with this then lets see the money spent on roads and infrastructure. Just compare France to the UK, its a dream driving on their roads / charging compared to the UK.

That's why it should never be called the "Road Tax", its a tax on car ownership, because all the money goes into a huge Treasury piggy-bank. Little or nothing is 'ring-fenced'.

If you want roads like France, you must agree to similar levels of taxation...

 

[salty]

Us older one's have always called it Road Tax and probably always will. Anyway, doesn't matter what it's called, it's a bloody tax.

 

[Tangoed Man]

Your mileage is recorded at each MOT test. That would be the easiest way to do it. And yes, I know that the first 3 years on a new car doesn't have an MOT, but they'll get you at the first MOT and then if you've been under-reporting thet'll hit you with a big bill.

Every vehicle that is serviced at any garage reports the mileage to DVLA. Go in for any work on tyres at any quick fit the staff record the mileage of the vehicle.