This will kill EV adoption, just to put it into perspective this is the equivalent of an average ICE car (38.6MPG) having 25.5p added per litre of fuel, in a single budget.

The even more ridiculous thing is plug in hybrids are 1.5p per mile, so people with 80+ miles of range in their Golfs etc. will pay half price, even though they are needlessly dragging around an internal combustion engine for 99% of their journeys.

  • FelixCress@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Strategy: let’s stop burning oil which the planet can not afford

    Let’s get EVs owners to pay at least fraction of the roads maintanace cost. Terrible, I am telling you, terrible 🙄

    • The Infinite Nematode@feddit.ukEnglish
      11·
      23 hours ago

      We already pay vehicle tax, same as all other vehicles? If it’s about taxing vehicles per road mile, let’s do that for everyone.

      But let’s also put in place an overall tax regime which contributes to the strategic goal of carbon reduction, a multi-faceted aim.