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On 4 Jul 2024 at 11:38:35 BST, Bill Sloman wrote:

>> Not for long. The UK Government relies on the large amounts of fuel tax
>> from petrol and diesel.  As EVs become more popular this tax revenue
>> diminishes. The Government will soon claw it back in one way or another.
>> Road fund tax or pay by the mile toll charges etc.
> 
> Think about it - though you wouldn't be peddling this fatuous line if
> you could think. I'm already paying road tolls to use Sydney's freeways.
> 

Not, I think, to the tune of the >2% of total government revenue fuel tax
raises. About £1000/year per household.

> Electricity isn't susceptible to separate taxation in the way that
> internal combustion engine fuel is, and the price advantage is in the
> better efficiency of the energy delivery to the car wheels.

It's difficult to tell when the government will be kicked into action. At the
moment EVs are less than 5%. When this starts to increase, and LGVs and HGVs
become electric, something will have to give. The grid probably :-)

-- 
Cheers, Rob, Sheffield UK