EVs now plugged into $140m worth of road tax

EVs now plugged into $140m worth of road tax
Light and heavy EVs are all facing up to road-user taxes. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Brent Melville
Scrapping road user exemptions on electric vehicles will clip an additional $100 million to $140m in revenue for road funding from April, the New Zealand Transport Agency says.That tax will eventually extend to about 103,000 battery-powered light (EVs), heavy and plug-in vehicles, and 247,390 hybrid petrol cars, which to date have been exempted from paying road-user charges, according to agency numbers.Currently, 71,214 light EVs are registered on NZ roads, representing just under 2% of the light passenger fleet of 3.6m cars. Adding the 247,390...

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