Treasury ‘looking to road pricing’ as sales of electric cars rise
4 years, 4 months ago

Treasury ‘looking to road pricing’ as sales of electric cars rise

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The UK currently only has one major toll road — the M6 Toll in the West Midlands — and drivers also face levies when using certain tunnels and bridges. According to the report, Mr Sunak is "very interested" in the concept of a national road pricing scheme but it is unclear how the charges would be calculated. Under former prime ministerTony Blair, Labour backed and then abandoned the idea of a national road pricing scheme with a petition against the plans reaching 1.8 million signatures. "It is always assumed that road pricing would be the solution but that has been raised every five years since 1964 and is still perceived by most as a 'poll tax on wheels'."

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What are the new driving laws and costs coming to British roads in December?
3 months, 1 week ago

What are the new driving laws and costs coming to British roads in December?

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Advisory Fuel Rates From Sunday December 1, pence per mile rates for company cars …

What are the new driving laws and costs coming to British roads in December?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

What are the new driving laws and costs coming to British roads in December?

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Advisory Fuel Rates From Sunday December 1, pence per mile rates for company cars …

Introduce pay-per-mile road tax and scrap fuel duty, says think tank
5 months ago

Introduce pay-per-mile road tax and scrap fuel duty, says think tank

The Telegraph  

Pay-per-mile road pricing should replace fuel duty and road tax with the biggest charges levied on motorists travelling at peak times, says a think tank. Policy Exchange, a right-of-centre think tank, said most motorists would pay less duty and tax as its new pricing system would be based on the time and distance travelled. They claimed the plan would reduce …

Labour must consider ‘pay-per-mile road tax’
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Labour must consider ‘pay-per-mile road tax’

The Telegraph  

The pay-per-mile suggestion is by no means new and comes after the Left-leaning Resolution Foundation and Sir Tony Blair’s think tank, both of which have links with Labour under Sir Keir Starmer, have also advocated for road pricing. Last year, the Resolution Foundation called for a road tax of 6p-per-mile on electric vehicles, which it said would help meet the …

Britain's electric car driveway divide: 30% of owners can't access cheaper home charging
1 year ago

Britain's electric car driveway divide: 30% of owners can't access cheaper home charging

Daily Mail  

A significant 'driveway divide' has emerged among Britain's electric car owners with the vast majority of existing drivers having access to homechargers installed at their properties as their primary energy source. Only 14% of EV drivers using expensive public charging points as their main energy source, while 69% primarily use their cheaper homechargers, a new report has found. This is …

EV on-street public charging costs jump by as much as 24% - here's why
1 year, 4 months ago

EV on-street public charging costs jump by as much as 24% - here's why

Daily Mail  

A recent decline in domestic energy prices has seen the cost of charging an electric vehicle become less expensive for many drivers of battery models. EV owners without driveways stung by on-street charging seasonal price uplift: The cost to plug into the slowest public device at the roadside jumped by 24% last month, the AA says The motoring group's monthly …

Why Britain’s electric cars risk driving into a ‘massive black hole’
1 year, 9 months ago

Why Britain’s electric cars risk driving into a ‘massive black hole’

The Telegraph  

The Government is pushing drivers to go electric to meet its net zero targets – yet as it solves one problem, another moves into view. Killing off the combustion engine means missing out on these revenues as the electricity used to charge up electric cars is not taxed in the same way as petrol or diesel. The looming loss of …

Charge drivers by the mile to replace tax lost to EVs, says thinktank
1 year, 10 months ago

Charge drivers by the mile to replace tax lost to EVs, says thinktank

Daily Mail  

Drivers should be charged on a per-mile basis to ensure Treasury coffers are topped up once electric cars become mainstream, according to a new report presented to MPs on Wednesday. The think tank's Future of Motoring paper warns that the Treasury faces a '£25billion fiscal black hole' in annual receipts from fuel duty when motorists switch from petrol and diesel …

Ministers ‘asleep at the wheel’ on installing electric car charging devices
2 years, 2 months ago

Ministers ‘asleep at the wheel’ on installing electric car charging devices

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Labour will help drive the electric vehicle transition, helping those on low to middle …

As electric cars become mainstream, could drivers soon be taxed per mile to use the roads?
3 years, 1 month ago

As electric cars become mainstream, could drivers soon be taxed per mile to use the roads?

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The government says: “We will end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030, with all …

Tory MPs urge Boris Johnson to scrap taxes on rapidly rising energy bills
3 years, 2 months ago

Tory MPs urge Boris Johnson to scrap taxes on rapidly rising energy bills

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Several Conservative politicians have written to the Prime Minister urging …

Business leaders say electric car drivers 'should be paying their way' with NEW road use tax
3 years, 5 months ago

Business leaders say electric car drivers 'should be paying their way' with NEW road use tax

Daily Mail  

Electric car owners need to start 'paying their way' for using the roads as petrol and diesel cars are phased out to meet green targets, MPs were told today. Boris Johnson's government is currently mulling whether to bring in some sort of new tax that covers electric vehicles, with sales of new internal combustion engine-vehicles due to be banned from …

Fuel tax revenue lost to rise of electric cars needs to be plugged, says Treasury
4 years, 3 months ago

Fuel tax revenue lost to rise of electric cars needs to be plugged, says Treasury

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The government will have to …

20 pledges for 2020: Could cheaper oil prices delay the shift to electric cars?
4 years, 10 months ago

20 pledges for 2020: Could cheaper oil prices delay the shift to electric cars?

The Independent  

Britain sounds and smells different, does it not? The recent extremely weak oil price will mean cheaper oil and diesel, which won’t help the electric cause. The SMMT say that only 92,913 of the total UK “parc” as the trade calls it, are pure electric vehicles - battery-only rather than hybrids also running an internal combustion engine; 0.2 per cent. …

Rush hour pay-per-drive tax would benefit economy: report
9 years, 11 months ago

Rush hour pay-per-drive tax would benefit economy: report

Dutch News  

The introduction of a rush hour motoring tax, in which motorists were charged for every kilometre they drive, would help boost prosperity, according to a new report from two government agencies. The macro-economic forecasting agency CPB and the environmental assessment agency PBL say a rush hour tax of 11 cents per kilometre would make money for the treasury at times …

Rush hour pay-per-drive tax would benefit economy: report
9 years, 11 months ago

Rush hour pay-per-drive tax would benefit economy: report

Dutch News  

The introduction of a rush hour motoring tax, in which motorists were charged for every kilometre they drive, would help boost prosperity, according to a new report from two government agencies. The macro-economic forecasting agency CPB and the environmental assessment agency PBL say a rush hour tax of 11 cents per kilometre would make money for the treasury at times …

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