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Stop the free ride: all motorists should pay their way, whatever vehicle they drive (theconversation.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/australia@aussie.zone
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A specific road use tax on EVs and hybrids makes no sense.

Given the harms caused by traditional vehicles, society should welcome the decline in fuel excise revenue caused by the transition to EVs – in the same way we should welcome declining revenue from cigarette taxes.

Vehicle registration fees make only a modest contribution to road costs. That’s why all motorists should pay a road-user charge. The payment should be based on a combination of vehicle mass and distance travelled

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[–] 7 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

That's what it is presented as. It functions as a disincentive against EVs

Though vehicles overall should be paying enough to pay for their infrastructure, I'd like that to be entirely borne by fossil fuel vehicles to move the balance of vehicles towards the quieter and less polluting

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