Pay per mile. Another blow for EV drivers

[T1 Terry]

I'd love to see someone try to track my charging behaviour when, for 9 months of the year, it comes from my own solar panels

Do provoke them, they will spend billions on researching how to tax the sun and we will all suffer

T1 Terry

 

[GaryMG4]

I think there are two issues here, the first being we all hoped the taxation incentives would have lasted a little longer having bought arguably more expensive cars with the benefit of lower ongoing costs.
The second bigger issue how our taxes are spent. Our infrastructure is creaking, the power network ,water and railways all need massive spending. Our military is a shadow of its former self, the NHS is crumbling and the road network is appalling. Yet we spend stupid amounts of money on projects like HS2, even the smallest change to a road junction requires spending the best part of £100k on consultation before a 6 figure sum is spent on doing the work. Then there's the money given to their 'mates' by the government for consultation, sub standard PPE etc. We all recognise 3p per mile as the thin end of the wedge, along with frozen tax bands.

 

[T1 Terry]

I think there are two issues here, the first being we all hoped the taxation incentives would have lasted a little longer having bought arguably more expensive cars with the benefit of lower ongoing costs.
The second bigger issue how our taxes are spent. Our infrastructure is creaking, the power network ,water and railways all need massive spending. Our military is a shadow of its former self, the NHS is crumbling and the road network is appalling. Yet we spend stupid amounts of money on projects like HS2, even the smallest change to a road junction requires spending the best part of £100k on consultation before a 6 figure sum is spent on doing the work. Then there's the money given to their 'mates' by the government for consultation, sub standard PPE etc. We all recognise 3p per mile as the thin end of the wedge, along with frozen tax bands.

You sound like you believe there was once an honest govt of any flavour. Next thing you be suggesting that they spend all that money on campaigns so they can get elected to look out for the voters ......

If we ever get a system where politicians pay rate is determined by how many election promises they keep, we will be able to spend all that money that we waste of politicians salaries on something worthwhile .... yeah, tell him he's dreaming

T1 Terry

 

[wandle MG4]

Don’t forget EVs are a trial run (in my opinion) . Pay by mile will follow for all vehicles shortly afterwards.

 

[Everest]

I'd love to see someone try to track my charging behaviour when, for 9 months of the year, it comes from my own solar panels

At your annual service, at time of sale, or a default 10,000 miles until you do declare it. The levy will rise in today’s prices to at least 6p/mile, as it should, to put it on a par with fuel duty. It is simple and unavoidable political arithmetic.

Doh! Well, obviously. I was replying to your suggestion that AI could track my charging behaviour, not miles driven

 

[MG Clive]

Who started all this up again.

 

[GaryMG4]

You sound like you believe there was once an honest govt of any flavour. Next thing you be suggesting that they spend all that money on campaigns so they can get elected to look out for the voters ......

If we ever get a system where politicians pay rate is determined by how many election promises they keep, we will be able to spend all that money that we waste of politicians salaries on something worthwhile .... yeah, tell him he's dreaming

T1 Terry

Not really, I think we were complicit to it going on, so long as it didn't affect us too much. That allowed the politicians to get quite brazen about it to the point where we are seeing their actions coming home to roost. Sadly it is the tax payer that will ultimately pick up the bill, despite the noise about Baroness More being made to repay it won't happen and even if it does most of the money will end up in lawyers pockets, and that's one small example of the corruption going on.

 

[siteguru]

Who started all this up again.

Rachel Reeves?

 

[Ian Key]

Meanwhile having spent £179,000,000 on the Stonehenge tunnel they have cancelled it with nothing to show.

 

[T1 Terry]

Meanwhile having spent £179,000,000 on the Stonehenge tunnel they have cancelled it with nothing to show.

Not even a You Tube video of progress and abandonment?
The latest tunnel in Sydney got close to where it was supposed to go before they stopped work, but we did get a nice You Tube video This was June last yr, there is another really thorough one that I can't find at the moment, but at least we got something for the money

T1 Terry

 

[salty]

Meanwhile having spent £179,000,000 on the Stonehenge tunnel they have cancelled it with nothing to show.

Had to look that up. WOW! That's incredible.

 

[siteguru]

Had to look that up. WOW! That's incredible.

I thought it was a jokey pun in the wrong thread.