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Electric Car Owners To Pay Road Tax?
Can we believe the DM? https:/
Of course it can't apply retrospectively, those already with an electric car won't be paying until they buy a new car.
Can it be true? Would it put you off buying a new electric car?
Of course it can't apply retrospectively, those already with an electric car won't be paying until they buy a new car.
Can it be true? Would it put you off buying a new electric car?
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The government's approach was to incentivise motorists to go green. Therefore encouraging the purchase of an electric vehicle in exchange for an exemption on road tax.
Was this scheme (admirable some may say) not paradoxical thinking by the government?
Our roads and highways need constant repair and maintenance. Does not a one tonne electric Chelsea tractor cause just as much wear and tear of the road surface, as its internal combustion counterpart?
When vehicle road tax was introduced, was it not solely for the purpose to fund the upkeep of our roads? Surely vehicle emissions was not a factor then?
Was this scheme (admirable some may say) not paradoxical thinking by the government?
Our roads and highways need constant repair and maintenance. Does not a one tonne electric Chelsea tractor cause just as much wear and tear of the road surface, as its internal combustion counterpart?
When vehicle road tax was introduced, was it not solely for the purpose to fund the upkeep of our roads? Surely vehicle emissions was not a factor then?
// why should electric cars be exempt? //
It is an incentive to encourage people to buy cleaner less polluting cars.
As with all Government bribes, it is on the whim of the issuer when they decide they don’t want to do it anymore.
It would certainly be a bad move to withdraw the incentive so early. The Government have emission targets they have signed up to, and this way make meeting those targets more difficult.
The Tory party as usual is split (as they are on most things). The right wing don’t want any green policies and are quite happy to continue polluting. What Sunak eventually does will be telling, about who he is trying to please.
It is an incentive to encourage people to buy cleaner less polluting cars.
As with all Government bribes, it is on the whim of the issuer when they decide they don’t want to do it anymore.
It would certainly be a bad move to withdraw the incentive so early. The Government have emission targets they have signed up to, and this way make meeting those targets more difficult.
The Tory party as usual is split (as they are on most things). The right wing don’t want any green policies and are quite happy to continue polluting. What Sunak eventually does will be telling, about who he is trying to please.
The current organisation (if you can call it that!) of VED is a complete dog's breakfast & could do with serious rationalisation/simplification. Has any other country ended up with such an unholy mess? I doubt it.
The only concession I would allow electric vehicles is for charging zones in city centres where serious air pollution is an issue.
The only concession I would allow electric vehicles is for charging zones in city centres where serious air pollution is an issue.
Studies have forecast that the switch could eventually cost the Treasury £7 billion in lost VED, along with a further £27 billion a year in fuel duty unless taxes are introduced to cover electric vehicles.
Treasury sources said there were no plans to introduce road pricing
at this stage.
So there are no plans to introduce road pricing then.
Treasury sources said there were no plans to introduce road pricing
at this stage.
So there are no plans to introduce road pricing then.
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