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Story in the MailOnline, EV owners could be charged Road tax by 2025. It was going to happen sooner or later.
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Surely everyone knew it would happen. Personally I think VED should be renamed back to Road Tax and the money generated actually used for roads and driving related infrastructure, including public charging etc rather than going into general government coffers.
I think bands should be set by vehicle size/weight regardless of how they’re powered. That way those that likely cause more wear and tear on the roads pay more.
About time, reduced tax should only have ever been applied affordable electric vehicle’s say capped at 35k max.
At present you have the obscene situation where somebody can pay well over a 100k for a vehicle and pay no VED while someone on minimum wage and running and old banger as its all they can afford is paying hundreds a year.
We should scrap Vehicle Excise Duty/Car tax completely as sufficient funds are being collected from all forms of fuel.
Instead move to MOT’s for all vehicles at the point of sale and annual. We need to remove the notion that getting a new car from the dealership will be ok for three years and mandating that all used cars have a new MOT will force a percentage of stolen and dodgy vehicles out of the market place. Then change the ownership process that to take over the MOT you must have an active insurance document and address.
Personal view I think that this tax should always have been charged at the fuelling point i.e. direct relationship between the amount of fuel you use and the tax you pay.
I recognise this view needs infrastructure charges on the Ev side (haven’t worked out how this could work yet!).
If you want to avoid dodgy MOT’s and cars then it would be better to scrap garages doing MOT’s and do what a lot of other countries do and have them done at government test centres.
As for VED on electric vehicles, its about time, it was never the intention to skip VED for electric vehicles, the govt was just waiting for enough momentum in the market to prevent sales dropping as a result – and at the moment dealers can sell every electric car they offer.
Why should EV drivers be exempt from the tax? everyone else pays it and its not a pollution tax or a road tax, its a straight to the government coffers tax.
Of course, there are issues with it, mostly its silly as a penny on fuel would raise as much cash and be proportionate, it would also capture the thousands who dont pay by one dodge or another. Then again, how do you add a penny on fuel for the EV’s…lol.
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