The Australian Government should develop a road user charging system for electric vehicles, the ATA submission to Treasury’s consultations for the Economic Reform Roundtable says.
The submission argues that the Government should decide the details of the charge now but not impose it until electric vehicles make up 30 per cent of light vehicle sales and, later, heavy vehicle sales.
There is no need to move diesel trucks to an invoice based road user charging system, the submission says. The current fuel tax credit system keeps transport costs down for families and businesses alike and will be workable into the 2030s.
The ATA has separately responded to three of the Productivity Commission inquiries that will inform the roundtable’s work.