{"id":6610,"date":"2020-07-03T11:34:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T01:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/?p=6610"},"modified":"2024-07-08T21:03:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T11:03:11","slug":"proposed-new-tax-on-evs-would-put-wheel-clamp-on-nsws-clean-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/news\/proposed-new-tax-on-evs-would-put-wheel-clamp-on-nsws-clean-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed new tax on EVs would put wheel clamp on NSW\u2019s clean future"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t“If government revenue from cigarette sales falls, it\u2019s not logical to just whack a big new tax on nicotine patches.”\n\nApplying a \u2018road user charge\u2019 to electric vehicles, at a time when other wealthy nations are using their tax systems to encourage EVs, would put New South Wales at odds with the rest of the developed world, according to the Electric Vehicle Council.\n\nA recommendation to design a \u2018road user charge\u2019 is outlined in the newly released NSW Federal Financial Relations Review. Electric Vehicle Council CEO Behyad Jafari said there were a broad range of reasons the idea was a dud.\n\n\u201cAustralia has even more to gain from EVs than most other nations given the fragility of our fuel security. But instead of helping drivers fill up on local electricity, this Review proposes discouraging the use of EVs on NSW roads. It\u2019s a very, very strange recommendation,\u201d Mr Jafari said.\n\n\u201cA road user charge is one of those ideas that seems to make sense until you think about it. If fuel excise revenue is decreasing it might seem logical to start introducing a tax on cleaner vehicles. But just whacking a big new tax on EVs makes no sense.\n\n\u201cThe tax shortfall from fuel excise could be filled literally any other way. If government revenue from cigarette sales falls, it\u2019s not logical to just whack a big new tax on nicotine patches. Sometimes you have to let the solution take hold because of the benefits it delivers.\n\n\u201cPerhaps at some point down the track it would make sense to apply a tax on vehicles to pay for roads. But applying such a tax on EVs, at a time when New South Wales badly lags the rest of the world on EV uptake, would be very foolish.\n\n\u201cTo be fair, I think the New South Wales Government appreciates this reality. But for an independent review to issue a recommendations who\u2019s only advantage is political expediency, is very odd.\n\n\u201cCombustion engine vehicles cost our economy billions each year, primarily through the health costs associated with respiratory illness. We kill more people with exhaust pipes than we do with crashes.\n\n\u201cWe know from surveys that Australians want to drive cleaner, greener vehicles. But they won\u2019t do so until they know their governments support them. A road user charge would send precisely the wrong message.\n\n\u201cWhat it would mean, in practice, is that even fewer of the world\u2019s best and most affordable EVs would ever reach NSW roads. Car manufacturers are already loathe to bring the best EVs in their range here, because of Australia\u2019s lack of fuel efficiency standards. This kind of tax would exacerbate the problem considerably.\u201d\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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