Not going to be voting National - I’d prefer a chronically underfunded public healthcare system to a US-style insurance driven private system - but:
The EV RUC exemption was supposed to be removed when the fleet reached 2% EVs - it did that ~6 months ago, but the government decided not to cos it’s a bad look to do just before the election
The RUC charges are what pays for road maintenance along side fuel taxes - the exemption has to go away at some point
National want to go to a RUCs for everyone system, which I think is the best way to handle vehicles that have multiple fuel sources such as plug in hybrids.
I have always though that RUC for all was a much better system. Having it built into fuel as an extra tax is dumb.
A big V8 that gets 15l/100km and weighs the same as a prius that gets 5l/100km are paying vastly different amounts of tax for a very similar amount of wear and tear.
Another example is our people mover (Mazda Premacy) gets around 10-11l/100km, once the kids are a bit bigger we will get a smaller much more efficient car, the wear and tear caused by our Premacy is not more than a Prius/Tesla/Focus/Corolla…yet we pay more in tax than any of those vehicles.
I suppose the biggest advantage is how simple the scheme is, both to administer, and as the end user. Having to keep track of my RUCs is a pain in the ass.
It would be good if they could have a system where you simply pay as you go, much like how the toll roads work.
I read that by 1 April next year it was expected to reach 1.7% but National decided that was close enough. Where do I find the figure about it already being 2%?
Edit: Oh, it’s counting plug-in hybrid. Currently about 1.4% BEV and 0.6% PHEV. Not quite 2% yet, it’s at 1.96% as at August 2023.
Not going to be voting National - I’d prefer a chronically underfunded public healthcare system to a US-style insurance driven private system - but:
I think they’re talking about the discount on the purchase price of EVs.
National want to go to a RUCs for everyone system, which I think is the best way to handle vehicles that have multiple fuel sources such as plug in hybrids.
I have always though that RUC for all was a much better system. Having it built into fuel as an extra tax is dumb.
A big V8 that gets 15l/100km and weighs the same as a prius that gets 5l/100km are paying vastly different amounts of tax for a very similar amount of wear and tear.
Another example is our people mover (Mazda Premacy) gets around 10-11l/100km, once the kids are a bit bigger we will get a smaller much more efficient car, the wear and tear caused by our Premacy is not more than a Prius/Tesla/Focus/Corolla…yet we pay more in tax than any of those vehicles.
I suppose the biggest advantage is how simple the scheme is, both to administer, and as the end user. Having to keep track of my RUCs is a pain in the ass.
It would be good if they could have a system where you simply pay as you go, much like how the toll roads work.
No they want to make exceptions for commercial and farm vehicles.
Just a follow on from your health comment.
If our health system is certain to become private, I for sure hope that:
Of course, I’d prefer a public health system.
I read that by 1 April next year it was expected to reach 1.7% but National decided that was close enough. Where do I find the figure about it already being 2%?
Edit: Oh, it’s counting plug-in hybrid. Currently about 1.4% BEV and 0.6% PHEV. Not quite 2% yet, it’s at 1.96% as at August 2023.
Im curious why it was 2% as this was likely anyway.
15-20% would provide enough density for ongoing resell markets, maintenance, “fueling” stations and carbon reduction.