“Implementing a #UserCharge would require #government to come up with some other means of determining how far individuals drove their #cars, and ideally would factor in the size of those cars, as heavier #vehicles do more damage to #roads.

Then there is the problem posed by #HybridVehicles, which run sometimes on #BatteryPower and sometimes on #FossilFuel. Does the government impose a “road user charge” as well as fuel excise, and if so, what adjustment should be made to the rate?

Past efforts at levying an #RUC also have imposed onerous compliance requirements on #EV owners.

When #Victoria brought in one in 2021, says #TennantReed, director of climate change and energy at the Australian Industry Group, “people had to take photos of their odometer twice a year and send them to the state revenue. People didn’t like that.” A couple of years later, the #HighCourt found the scheme to be #unconstitutional.”

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