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It's a newly introduced km fee on all road usage for EVs only, not for ICEVs, in Victoria. https://www.caradvice.com.au/955801/victorias-ev-user-tax-is-a-lost-

It's a newly introduced km fee on all road usage for EVs only, not for ICEVs, in Victoria. https://www.caradvice.com.au/955801/victorias-ev-user-tax-is-a-lost-opportunity/#:~:text=In%20case%20you%20haven%27t,hit%20with%202.0c%2Fkm https://www.caradvice.com.au/955801/victorias-ev-user-tax-is.... https://www.whichcar.com.au/car-news/victoria-passes-ev-tax-effective-july-1-2021 https://www.whichcar.com.au/car-news/victoria-passes-ev-tax-... There's a $3k limited incentive that was used to distract from the fundamental issues behind taxing EV mileage. It doesn't cover long range cars as they're outside the price bracket. The reasoning was that there's no fuel excise being collected, yet the fuel tax isn't being used to cover roads - normal tax payments are. Also it doesn't care that ICEVs currently aren't paying for environmental emissions, when they should. Actually having said all that I should just have pasted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLflYkgnNBY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLflYkgnNBY , which explains it all so much better. (Fair warning: Australian language).

chris_wot 5y ago
Same thing is being proposed for NSW. Pathetic really.
- dylan604 5y ago
  Why is it pathetic? As other commenters have stated, the fuel taxes have supposedly been about offsetting infrastructure costs of the roads and not a pollution control (at least in US). All cars need use of the roads whether EV or ICE powered. Personally, I'd rather they actually charged you by requiring odometer readings instead of a generic tax on utilitly fees. Maybe collect that info on your annual inspection vs the over the air telemetry??
  - ajmadesc 5y ago
    Here is a table of vehicle damage levels by size. https://streets.mn/2016/07/07/chart-of-the-day-vehicle-weight-vs-road-damage-levels/ https://streets.mn/2016/07/07/chart-of-the-day-vehicle-weigh...
    - sundvor 5y ago
      "Fat man on freakishly heavy bicycle" => lol, thanks, I'm saving this for next time I hear "pay your reggo". (I _am_ paying on my ICEV, which I'm going to get carbon offsets for soon).
- photojosh 5y ago
  The last I can find on the proposal for NSW to do the same is from April [0] yet in June they introduced EV purchases [1] with no mention of a mileage tax. I find it more than a tad ironic that the NSW Liberal (conservative) state government has the best EV incentives while the Victorian Labor ("progressive") has the worst, out of our two most populous states. [0] https://thedriven.io/2021/04/29/perrottet-flags-holistic-approach-to-electric-vehicle-road-tax-in-nsw/ https://thedriven.io/2021/04/29/perrottet-flags-holistic-app... [1] https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/climate-change/net-zero-plan/electric-vehicle-strategy https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/climate-change/net...

chris_wot 5y ago

Same thing is being proposed for NSW. Pathetic really.

dylan604 5y ago
Why is it pathetic? As other commenters have stated, the fuel taxes have supposedly been about offsetting infrastructure costs of the roads and not a pollution control (at least in US). All cars need use of the roads whether EV or ICE powered. Personally, I'd rather they actually charged you by requiring odometer readings instead of a generic tax on utilitly fees. Maybe collect that info on your annual inspection vs the over the air telemetry??
- ajmadesc 5y ago
  Here is a table of vehicle damage levels by size. https://streets.mn/2016/07/07/chart-of-the-day-vehicle-weight-vs-road-damage-levels/ https://streets.mn/2016/07/07/chart-of-the-day-vehicle-weigh...
  - sundvor 5y ago
    "Fat man on freakishly heavy bicycle" => lol, thanks, I'm saving this for next time I hear "pay your reggo". (I _am_ paying on my ICEV, which I'm going to get carbon offsets for soon).
photojosh 5y ago
The last I can find on the proposal for NSW to do the same is from April [0] yet in June they introduced EV purchases [1] with no mention of a mileage tax. I find it more than a tad ironic that the NSW Liberal (conservative) state government has the best EV incentives while the Victorian Labor ("progressive") has the worst, out of our two most populous states. [0] https://thedriven.io/2021/04/29/perrottet-flags-holistic-approach-to-electric-vehicle-road-tax-in-nsw/ https://thedriven.io/2021/04/29/perrottet-flags-holistic-app... [1] https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/climate-change/net-zero-plan/electric-vehicle-strategy https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/climate-change/net...