Fuel Taxes

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whatever happens, the government faces a dilemma with
any increased rollout of electrification of vehicles and the
reduction in income it will receive from fuel excise and GST.

The main incentive encouraging people to buy hybrids, PHEVs
and BEVs is the low cost of fuel and maybe maintenance costs
but even now, those buyers pay considerably more for those
vehicles. The whole economics for those vehicles simply hangs
on what value they add financially or morally in reducing pollution.

In my mind, the government cannot and must not be allowed to simply
pass across existing taxes and charges to electric vehicles because that’s
the very thing holding back new technology- manufacturers and regulators
piling on charges until those vehicles just don’t make sense.