[Lancpudn]

Originally Posted by clf

Less than 5k per year? How would it be monitored? easy to disconnect a speedo, or alter mileage. Simple, no exemptions, everybody then pays for their impact of the environment. Uneconomical cars pollute more, (on average) and therefore pay more. Maintain your car, increase economy and pay less. Change to a more economical car, etc. Simply pay for the privilege of driving, you could own a car without having to pay tax on that ownership, then contribute to your share of the impact on the environment if you choose to drive it.



The cars within the fringes of Greater London, will only fill with enough fuel to allow them to drive outside London to fill up, therefore wasting fuel, but the 'cheaper' fuel area will obviously be affected by the additional traffic this may cause, but its revenue should be covered.

This will lead to a 'natural' increase in fuel stations converting to electric supply, as more Londoners who drive within the Greater London area, switch to electric vehicles.

I would be more concerned how London will generate the additional revenue once the majority of vehicles have converted to electric (which I suspect will be shortly after the ban on new ICEs comes online). By then the air quality should have improved, however, those funds will be missed.

Yes the government is going to be facing a £5billion black hole in lost tax revenue before the end of the decade due to the transition to electric cars https://insideevs.com/news/561536/uk...st-government/ plus governments & local authorities across the country are wanting to reduce private car use like the latest from Transport Scotland. https://airqualitynews.com/2022/01/1...car-use-by-20/