The Victorian government yesterday introduced new legislation to Parliament to impose a tax on electric cars and other zero-emissions vehicles, but electric-vehicle owners say taxing them by the kilometre could hurt a movement to go green.
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That would be a Labor Government for those playing along at home.
Sorry but I'm just f***ing sick of propaganda like the above skewing an issue into yet another TEAM A GOOD, TEAM B BAD. Taxing or incentivising EVs is part of a broad and complex discussion. I understand why our State government is implementing an EV tax to make up for the future reduction in fuel taxes in the same way I understand other countries are incentivising EVs to increase their resources security (or to give OPEC the middle finger). Differing priorities, differing cultures, differing complexities in the sizes and logistics of charging stations and networks, blah blah blah.