The news came in the South Australia state budget delivered by Treasurer Rob Lucas on Tuesday, and it means the state will become the first in Australia to impose such charges, and the only jurisdiction on the planet – according to EV advocates – to impose such penalties on EV owners with no other incentives to purchase.
The scale of the new charge has not been decided but it will comprise a fixed component (similar to current registration charging) and a variable charge based on distance travelled. It will apply to plug in vehicles – both full battery and plug in hybrids – but not standard hybrid cars, even those with very low consumption.
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