Fair enough, electric vehicles are travelling on our roads for free.
Reality: It is heavy vehicles which damage roads.
Sure EVs contribute to congestion
but there are not many.
Here there are a few Teslas, Leafs and Mitsis
but not many.
The Vic Government has come up with a plan to charge EV drivers.
"Buckingham" Pallas has a plan.
Victoria will start taxing electric vehicle owners next year for every kilometre they drive in a budget initiative the state Labor government says will make road charging "fairer" for all motorists.
But Treasurer Tim Pallas says the $30 million expected to be raised by the new charge, over four years, will be more than offset by $45 million spending to boost the take-up of electric vehicles, with charging points across the state and plug-in facilities in new buildings.
The Age journo who wrote this tish,
had no idea of Buckingham's past performance.
Fancy having an EV.
How would Pallas guess how many Ks you have travelled?
Exactly -- - - NFI
