I don’t get the idea of the #EV “pay per mile” tax being proposed in the UK. The rationale is that EV drivers won’t pay the fuel tax duty, because they don’t buy fuel. But EV don’t run on pranic energy, they run on electricity which is… already heavily taxed, just like fuel.

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in reply to kravietz 🦇

definitely, all cars should be taxed according to load per wheel (which is what causes road damage and also which is dangerous to other vehicles on the road). Combining such coefficient with per-mile usage is of course tempting, but the goal should be to keep electric vehicles on roads, not parked at home, so flat rate would be preferable.
in reply to kravietz 🦇

I understand the rationale to be about vehicles causing wear on roads, EVs (being heavier due to lower energy density of batteries) incurring higher road maintenance costs, and it being unfair to impose taxes on electricity specifically to cover this. Which leaves the options of specifically metering road mileage or paying for it from general revenue. (Or possibly a tax on tyres or something.)
in reply to kravietz 🦇

in California the registration is 2x as pricey to pay for roads.

EVs are heavier than ICE vehicles. The first thing my EV did was collapse my surprisingly shallow sewer line. The costs, as my personal pocket book can attest, are real.

Here in the US roads are paid for wih gas taxes. If I want the potholes fixed I need to be willing to pay a road tax.

in reply to SewBlue

@sewblue
Yes, this is something that should be taken into consideration.

Taxes on fuel are used to pay for road maintenance, and they are somewhat proportional to how much a driver uses roads.

A yearly lump sum (we already pay that too, btw) is not linked to the usage of roads, so it will impact more those people who use their car less often.

With EVs this is no more the case, because electricity is not tied to road usage as fuel is.