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So either way, the said man on business has to stop to charge to be able to drive in the city, PHEV means to charge for 1 hour gaining 15 miles, the EV can stop for 30min and gain 150 miles, enough to cover the distance between cities. I know for sure I'd prefer the latter, simply became the stop is not a complete waste of my time.A man on business has used most of his electrical charge in one city. He now drives a long distance using the engine in his Phev but requires a recharge to give him enough battery for the next city where he can only use the motor. He needs to transport stuff for his work so park and ride is of no use. The Ev's pitiful range is no good for the long distances he will need to between cities so neither is really ideal but the Phev is the better option of the two.
What would be the best option is stop the unnecessary scaremongering on the latest diesel cars, remove the older dirtier diesels from the roads, that will help lower CO2 levels again, stop the use of unregulated diesel generators on building sites and refrigerated trucks, ban log burner stoves and concentrate on improving the charging infrastructure instead of enticing people into EV cars before it can cope and educate people at the point of sale or lease.
Question to you, removing older diesels, who will benefit the most from this? Is it the ones selling cars? Haven't we been through this in the late 90's early 2000's where everyone switched to diesels for similar reasons? Look at how that turned out?
At least with EV, it produces zero emissions. The car on your drive will not breach emission standards in 10/20 years time. It will only get greener as electricity generation get greener.
Again, read the actual article might help. Here's insight from industry expert:
As I've said previously. Too many loop holes for proper home charging taxation. En-route rapid charging tax + some sort of road-use tax is the way forward.However, McKemey concedes that taxing of en-route public rapid charging would be relatively simple. Other difficulties would include plugging loopholes, such as the use of slow, 13-amp charging cables and the fact that thousands of basic charging points, which aren't capable of smart charging, have already been installed.
McKemey goes on to say that government bodies he talks to are leaning more towards the idea of road pricing. Fuel duty is effectively an emissions tax, but EVs create no tailpipe emissions.
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A Treasury spokesperson said, “We currently have no plans to levy a new tax on charging points for Electric Vehicles. We keep all taxes under review and any changes to the tax system would be announced at the Budget and consulted on thoroughly in the usual way.”
I'd prefer the road-use tax to be based on environmental damage from producing the vehicle. Bigger battery = more tax. But tax rate tails off as the vehicle ages, so it incentivises people to keep older big battery EV. (eg. for a big 90kWh battery, first year £300, 80% of previous year rate, so after 6 years it'll be less than £100, cheaper tax than a new 50kWh car.