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.

  • NotJohnSmith@feddit.ukEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I hadn’t thought about it like this, I don’t think the Gov would either as they only want to try to get closer to an EV and an ICE being taxed the same per mile. So using your example moving from:

    EV = 0.1 pence of tax per mile (5% VAT on the 2p per mile you reference) ICE = 6.2 pence of tax per mile

    to

    EV = 3.1 pence ICE = 6.2 pence

    • jabjoe@feddit.ukEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      But should it be absolute or relative? They have gone for absolute, which why it looks so unjust.

      I do a thousand miles a month, all on EV, so this is £30 a month tax to me.