Comments on: South Australia hits EV owners with road user charges https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/driving/south-australia-hits-ev-owners-with-road-user-charges/ News and views about cars in Australia Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:44:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.5 By: John https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/driving/south-australia-hits-ev-owners-with-road-user-charges/#comment-11104 Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:44:32 +0000 http://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/?p=13023#comment-11104 All vehicle owners should pay a road use fee, based on tonnage of the vehicle. This already happens at registration for heavy vehicles, but SUVs (which contribute much more to road wear and tear than small and medium sized cars) are currently treated much the same as smaller cars. On the other end of the scale, bicycles pay nothing. Charging possible partnership a modest user fee that includes at fault injury insurance would be handy. Treating SUVs more like the trucks they they are may discharge people from buying oversized status symbols that they can’t safely drive.

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By: Raffaele https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/driving/south-australia-hits-ev-owners-with-road-user-charges/#comment-10668 Sun, 06 Dec 2020 22:31:16 +0000 http://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/?p=13023#comment-10668 Good morning to you all,
First, I think Australia is one of the Country in the World to have the hiest tax on cars, I think we already pay for road infrastructer on the registration, I have 2 cars and I pay over 1200 dollars per year of registration can anyone explain to me way we pay Registration?
than we pay to park the car on the street, and tolls in the major city?
so if they want to charge EVs 2.5 cents per Km scrap the registration and other tax on cars.
Thank you

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By: Mike https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/driving/south-australia-hits-ev-owners-with-road-user-charges/#comment-10641 Sat, 05 Dec 2020 10:01:12 +0000 http://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/?p=13023#comment-10641 There will eventually be a tax of some sort on EV’s.
However environmentally desireable EV use is, being tax free is asking those who drive an ICE and probably can’t afford an EV to subsidise those who can, that is a bit unreasonable.
In these days of easy tracking the fairest option would be to scrap excise duty and levy an equal charge based on vehicle size (equates to road damage) and distance driven. The collection of data could be recorded only as distance, not location to remove privacy issues.
EV’s may be more environmentally friendly in terms of hydrocarbons but they still contribute to road deterioration and congestion.

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By: gary newton https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/driving/south-australia-hits-ev-owners-with-road-user-charges/#comment-10635 Sat, 05 Dec 2020 00:23:11 +0000 http://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/?p=13023#comment-10635 sorry I forgot to add, stop subsidising the so called renewables and lets see the true cost of green power, it will make your eyes water,By the way my house has a roof full of solar panels that someone else is paying for but no ev in the garage, no charging points where I live, there is a lot of work to do in this area,a lot.

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