Re: OT: EV Charging Stations Stripped of Copper Cables

On 4 Jul 2024 at 11:38:35 BST, Bill Sloman wrote:

Not for long. The UK Government relies on the large amounts of fuel tax
from petrol and diesel.  As EVs become more popular this tax revenue
diminishes. The Government will soon claw it back in one way or another.
Road fund tax or pay by the mile toll charges etc.

 
Think about it - though you wouldn't be peddling this fatuous line if
you could think. I'm already paying road tolls to use Sydney's freeways.
 

Not, I think, to the tune of the >2% of total government revenue fuel tax
raises. About £1000/year per household.

Electricity isn't susceptible to separate taxation in the way that
internal combustion engine fuel is, and the price advantage is in the
better efficiency of the energy delivery to the car wheels.

It's difficult to tell when the government will be kicked into action. At the
moment EVs are less than 5%. When this starts to increase, and LGVs and HGVs
become electric, something will have to give. The grid probably :-)

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Cheers, Rob, Sheffield UK