#UK #tax #kilometres #EMobility #evehicles
"...From April 2028, drivers of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids in the UK will pay a tax based on the number of kilometres driven..."
https://www.ecomotorsnews.com/en/news/uk-to-tax-evs-and-phevs-per-kilometre
"We’re transitioning to a brand new technology. It’s expensive. It requires people to have a different relationship with their vehicle that has been largely unchanged for decades," one expert said.
5) There are a plethora of companies providing charging stations, leasing spaces to all manner of commercial and gov outfits. But it feels like VHS v Betamax in an era of enshittification.
Charging stations providers need to decide what is their product. Is it data about us consumers, or the supply of electricity for transport.
I firmly believe mainstreaming e-vehicles demands contactless payment as the norm, and not a confusion of apps and membership.
2) Range anxiety is either a thing of the past, or was only ever a myth made by news columnists, who were useful idiots helping lobby for the status quo. I had 430Km on a charge. This would get me from Halifax to Cape Breton or Fredericton.
3) For almost everyone, there is no reason to use a gas car in Nova Scotia.
#evehicles #decarbonize #innovation #novascotia
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I just spent 2 weeks in UK getting around by electric car. This is what I learnt:
1) Canada is way way behind the UK on electric vehicles. It feels like we are more than 5 years behind.
#evehicles #decarbonize #innovation #novascotia
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