Thinking about the suggestion of raising #tax on #EVs. There's certainly justification for pay-per-mile charges, but I can't for the life of me think of a way of charging that is fair and not open to abuse.
You can't ask people to meter their home charging.
You can't trust the odometer reading on the car.
You can't trust EV owners to report mileage truthfully.
You can't trust mileage data supplied by the car itself (even if all cars magically provided it).
Am I missing something?
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Even if you forced EV owners who charge at home to install a meter specifically for that, it would be stupidly expensive and easily circumvented.
Even if you forced manufacturers to build an absolutely secure and foolproof reporting system into their cars, there are many many cars already out there without this.
If you used MOTs to collect mileage, you'd miss out on the first three years and you'd see a huge upsurge in kit that 'winds the clock backwards'.
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