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EVs are now 9 times cheaper than petrol or diesel to drive in the UK (www.carbonbrief.org)

submitted 1 day ago by beep@piefed.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] arc99@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

It wouldn't be dumb if ICE vehicles were also taxed the same way but they're not. There would be nothing to stop the UK government abolishing fuel tax and slapping 6p a mile or whatever on ICE vehicles

[–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 2 points 13 hours ago

It wouldn’t be dumb if ICE vehicles were also taxed the same way but they’re not.

Petroleum is taxed per liter. A car goes X km per liter. So the current petroleum tax is effectively per km, or close enough.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

The mileage tax on average will make average petrol cars pay double what EVs will be paying in road taxes ( and it's not even happening until 2028).