Electric vehicle justification

DrEskimo

grumiofoundation said:

Grey_Critic said:

I keep telling people *enjoy the so called benefits whilst you can* The government gets over £37 Billion from the motorists and will need to get it from somewhere once it is all electric.

As above how long until it’s “all electric”.

To me always seems a rather desperate argument against EV ownership that many years in the future EV ownership will not be the same as it is today. 

I think a more pertinent question is over the next say 5 years as EV ownership increases will the overall income from ICE owners be kept consistent by increasing costs per ICE driver or will costs be passed on to EV owners.
I don’t see the second as a foregone conclusion. 

I agree, but isn't it more of an argument to get an EV, not against getting one?

Make hay while the sun shines...even if it may not be realised for over a decade yet....

Herzlos

I think it's fair to say that whatever you drive, you're going to pay a lot of tax. With EV's it'll either move to per mile (recorded at MOT, hugely expensive and unreliable) or just a flat VED.

So you may as well drive whatever is cheapest and most practical for all the non-tax stuff.

ComicGeek

Grey_Critic said:

You don't seriously think the government will not move the costs over to EVs - £37 Billion has to be got from somewhere and there is already a system in place - just add EVs on - easy.

Who cares if they do, it's not as if I'll stop driving at that point because of a relatively small tax. In fact, as it's a company car, I probably still won't pay anything personally. At some point they will start increasing the BIK up to 'normal' rates, and then I'll look at the overall costs again to see what's best.

In the meantime, and it's going to take quite a few years before the government has to do anything with the current slow build rate of EVs, I'll continue to make savings.

Choosing not to move over to EVs now because of a possible tax in the future, and which is always going to be less than petrol/diesel equivalents, is not sensible.