Was also this morning an item in the AFR re South Australia and...

Was also this morning an item in the AFR re South Australia and the rest of Australia doing something similar:
Electric vehicle taxes to go national

Mark Ludlow
States are expected to follow South Australia’s controversial proposal to slug electric vehicle owners with a new road-user tax, but the electric vehicle lobby says the rollout will discourage uptake of the nascent technology.
While the lobby was blindsided, the Australian Automobile Association has called on the federal government to co-ordinate any new road-user charges for EVs, rather than have a mish-mash of new laws across the country.
SA Treasurer Rob Lucas on Tuesday announced the measure, to take effect on July 1.
Details are yet to be finalised, but it is expected to involve a charge per kilometre for EV drivers who must keep an annual log book of their driving habits.
Electric Vehicle Council chief executive Behyad Jafari said the tax had caught the council off-guard, especially after it had been working with SA over the past year on its EV action plan.
‘‘We had advised against this, but throughout that whole time they indicated it was not something they were actively working on,’’ Mr Jafari told The Australian Financial Review.
‘‘I don’t know why they are doing this because they are not going to make much money from it, given there are only 2500 EVs in that market.’’
The SA government said the tax would raise only $1 million in its first year, or $400 per EV in the state.
Mr Jafari said Australia had a comparatively low uptake of electric vehicles, with about 6500 sold each year, and the proposed tax would discourage the switch from petrol cars to EVs, especially if other states followed.
Infrastructure Partnerships Australia chief executive Adrian Dwyer, who has lobbied for years for an EV tax to make up for a fall in fuel excise, said the state should be applauded for making the first move.
‘‘The mechanism introduced in South Australia provides a good base for other state jurisdictions to follow,’’ he said.
‘‘A state-led but nationally consistent approach would enable states and territories to retain road revenue while providing greater autonomy around investment in new capacity and maintenance.’’
The federal government is expected to reap about $49 billion in fuel excise over the next four years, but this will fall as cars become more fuel-efficient.
The Morrison government has invested $21 million to roll out 63 ultrafast charging sites along national highways, but stopped short of offering financial incentives for buying EVs.

It is in reality a road user tax, people with ICE cars pay effectively the road user tax through the fuel tax.

Somebody has to pay for the roads, if you like it or not.

Btw the German Video guy said that he personally would not invest in AVZ at this stage, because 50% finance has been obtained and the rest of finance from China/Europe/Arabia was at this stage not attractive enough for AVZ to sign on and still pending.
He considered the project still in its infant shoes.
I don't know if the Germa comment was written before or after the October Fest.
However the Video was posted 10/11/20