So the feeble argument for taxing electric vehicles is that the government is losing fuel duty on combustion-engine cars. If that's true, why are cyclists not being taxed? After all, the more pushbikes on the road, the fewer powered forms of transport there are, ergo less tax duty. I'm surprised Rachel Reeves hasn't implemented a tax on people who wear the colour blue, or on those selfish people who have gardens? She could tax you by the square foot! š”
P.S. I don't own an electric car.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8jw9lā¦
Electric vehicle owners to face pay-per-mile tax
Drivers of electric cars will pay a road charge of 3p per mile, while plug-in hybrid drivers will pay 1.5p per mile from April 2028.Pritti Mistry (BBC News)
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penguin42
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in reply to penguin42 • •Road Tax stopped being used for maintaining roads in 1937. The money goes straight to the general government. Local councils are duty-bound for the upkeep of roads out of funds allocated to them from the government. This is why there are huge potholes everywhere.
Try arguing over parking, say, outside your house. The first thing they will say is: "I've got road tax, mate, that entitles me to park where I like." Ergo, he's paid to be on the road, not for the upkeep; therefore, imv, anyone who uses the road should pay to use it and don't get me started on people cycling on the pavements.
penguin42
in reply to dick_turpin • • •But even if you'd argue the road tax stuff isn't being used on roads, then the elecy car needs money spent on the grid.
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