"dennis@home" wrote in message
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On 01/04/2016 15:10, Another Dave wrote:
On 01/04/16 15:00, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Another Dave wrote:
But what would be a rough estimate for the true cost of a charge (i.e.
when done at home)?

For a "true" cost (i.e. one that you could compare to a conventional
car) you would need to take into account the tax levied on petrol and
diesel but not on electricity.

Hardly. Unless you had a supply of tax free petrol, etc.


No. The point is that if this took off in a big way (and I hope it does)
the government would have to tax electricity used to charge cars to
maintain its revenue. I don't know how this would work but I'm certain
that it would happen.

Another Dave


Why do you think they have been looking at road pricing and having all
cars tracked?
I would think they will just use APNR cameras and send you a bill for each
one passed.

Not really practical to track all car movements that way.