I didn’t think to post – at least, not till its a reality. In any case, it’s been on the cards for years, falling fuel duty revenues must be filled by something. It will get more expensive too over time, 3p today, 7p or more by 2030 I think.
Perhaps one way to bolster EV sales – impose the rate on everyone. Tried the carrot to shift to EV, now here’s the stick…
It does raise affordability questions, especially now longer range plug-in hybrids exist, we could get by happy with a plug-in that did 60 or more miles electric & decent MPG the rest of the time, the differences in cost would be negligible or even a saving over our 10,000 miles per annum.
Of course, we may be leaving the scheme due to possible end of the month news, so who knows what we will end up driving. I always preferred big engined cars, so 3ltr sixes are back on my menu!
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