Electric cars.

I was under the impression that Khan's reasons for a driveway tax was to save water in stop flooding.
Therefore a porous driveway would avoid the tax, if not, what reason is he using.

 

To be fair, @Fat Controller , the legislation to impose road tax on electric vehicles was put in place by the Conservatives. Tempting but unfair to blame everything on the new government...

 

They must have been losing revenue giving EV drivers tax breaks, its about time the true cost of owning an EV was brought into line.

I read something the other day that all new cars from now on will be speed limited in Europe so that they are unable to exceed speed limits.
Not sure if that is true.

It went on to say all new cars sold in Britain will have the same technology and its up to the government to decide if they want it turned on or not.

 

Yeah put in place by the conservative but they probably knew it wouldn't happen until Labour got in.

 

Hi,

Thanks @Fat Controller; how long before we get taxed because we have a bed. I said to my wife if I was single I'd enjoy a day in France returning by rubber dingy.

We have a dictatorship here in the UK where the lunatics are in charge of the asylum; it needs stopping and get someone in charge with a bit of common sense.

They are out to extract every penny possible from those who have worked hard to buy their own home and wow; with garden; garage; car & driveway. There's zero incentive to work here in the UK. I'm taxed because I was silly enough to pay into a works pension. Decency and fair play are long gone. I stopped voting years ago because it was like choosing whom I'd rather be mugged by; every party is the same.

Kind regards, Col.

 

The uptake in new BEV registrations is stalling in Europe which is likely to be even more so for the remainder of the year as these EU tariffs on BEV's made in China kick in. BEV's in Europe currently have a 11.9% market share, with the increase in uptake not even being 2% you can't see many European countries meeting the 2035 target.

2024 (June & Half Year) Europe: Car Sales and Market Analysis (best-selling-cars.com)

 

Electric car related - there has been quite a bit on the news etc about people either 'ghost charging' their cars or not moving them once charging is complete. A new park and ride has recently opened near us and it has a number of EV charge points. The idea of P&R is that cars are left there, potentially all day, to reduce congestion in town. How are people supposed to use those chargers without leaving vehicles connected all day?

 

Well no speed limiter comes in if the particular road has no limit, the limiter is activated by GPS knowing where you are and what road you are on.