The BVRLA has sounded the alarm on potential pay-per-mile road pricing, warning fleets could face significant new costs if the system isn’t designed carefully.
And here’s the tension…
Government needs to replace lost fuel duty revenue. Fleets need predictability and fairness. Drivers need simplicity and transparency.
Get it wrong, and you risk slowing EV adoption just as momentum builds.
A poorly designed system could:
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Penalise high-mileage fleets unfairly
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Create uncertainty for long-term investment
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Undermine the cost advantage EVs currently hold
From EV Café sofa:
Road pricing is inevitable, but it must be done with the industry, not to it.
“We can’t afford another policy that lands without enough notice.”
Sara Sloman