Electric cars not the best option, page-2856

First 2856 Last

Share
Profile

Follow
Scooterdog

5,848 Posts.

228

16/04/21

13:24

Post #: 52519395
Share

Originally posted by acorn: ↑

I'd estimate that given the small penetration of evs in Australia, it would cost more to administrate the tax than it would raise anyway.

Looking at how much you have to pay for an ev in Australia and considering how few evs are on the road , I'd say they are paying their fair share already.

Arguably, ev purchasers in Australia are subsidising the establishment of an ev industry here. Subsidizing those people that sell and maintain evs. If it wasn't for these people buying evs, there wouldn't be a growing ev industry, would there ? In 20 years time much of transport in Australia will be electric. All thanks to those people that dug deep and payed a significant premium for an electric car in 2020.

Firstly, there's the lack of infrastructure . Ev owners have to put in their own infrastructure at home. Another thing they pay tax on . Another thing that is helping create jobs in a new industry.

Let's not forget the extra taxes they pay based on the inflated sticker price of the ev in Australia because they are not subsidised. They are paying considerably more than the comparable ice model of the same car . Who is the beneficiary of those extra taxes ?

Should we talk about the cost of the pollution saving ? Those ev owners are already going above and beyond to lower Australia's carbon emissions. Something that the country has committed to doing. So, maybe they should be getting a rebate for that ?

It's not the ev's fault that Australia doesn't have a tax regime in place. Let's not forget Scott " there goes the weekend " Morrison whose hobby is bringing a lump of coal into parliament. If the federal government had addressed the ev issue rather than living in denial claiming " they won't tow your boat " we may well have had this sorted out already.

Anymore distractions and excuses that you'd like to post ?

Expand

Don’t kid yourself those EV’s are not as green as you make out.
We are overtaxed now, carbon taxing people into poverty is bad politics.
1 Upvote

Reply

Top Stories

LSR

From the Floor question: "Why are you going back to Ned's Creek for a drilling campaign?" | Lodestar Minerals

SS1

Sun Silver gets that drill to thrill feeling from high grade hits at Maverick Spring

MiningNews Select Conference: Smooth permitting, strong teams the key to project success and reaching demand

MiningNews Select Conference: Look further afield for funding projects, advises Rick Rule

ASX Market Close: Index gains 1% after interest rates pause | June 18, 2024

There are more pages in this discussion • 1,041 more messages in this thread...

First 2856 Last

Electric cars not the best option, page-2856

From the Floor question: "Why are you going back to Ned's Creek for a drilling campaign?" | Lodestar Minerals

Sun Silver gets that drill to thrill feeling from high grade hits at Maverick Spring

MiningNews Select Conference: Smooth permitting, strong teams the key to project success and reaching demand

MiningNews Select Conference: Look further afield for funding projects, advises Rick Rule

ASX Market Close: Index gains 1% after interest rates pause | June 18, 2024

Featured News

Featured News

Electric cars not the best option, page-2856

Top Stories

From the Floor question: "Why are you going back to Ned's Creek for a drilling campaign?" | Lodestar Minerals

Sun Silver gets that drill to thrill feeling from high grade hits at Maverick Spring

MiningNews Select Conference: Smooth permitting, strong teams the key to project success and reaching demand

MiningNews Select Conference: Look further afield for funding projects, advises Rick Rule

ASX Market Close: Index gains 1% after interest rates pause | June 18, 2024

Featured News

Featured News