CleanTechnica•28 days ago
Stupid — UK Putting Road Tax on EVs in 2028
Key Takeaway
The UK's decision to tax EVs from 2028 signals a potential slowdown in EV adoption, which could temper future electricity demand growth projections for charging infrastructure and impact investment strategies for new generation capacity.
AI Summary
- •The UK plans to introduce a road tax on Electric Vehicles (EVs) starting in 2028, a policy described as counterproductive to EV adoption.
- •This policy change signals a shift from incentivizing clean technology adoption to taxing it, potentially slowing the growth rate of EV sales and associated electricity demand.
- •For developers and large power consumers, this implies a potential downward adjustment in future electricity demand forecasts related to EV charging infrastructure, impacting long-term planning for generation capacity and grid upgrades.
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Article Content
With a new technology, if you really want it to be adopted quickly, you offer incentives to get more people to buy it. In the case of clean, the motivation is obvious — we need to stop global heating (which means we need to cut CO2 emissions) and humans would ... [continued] The post Stupid — UK Putting Road Tax on EVs in 2028 appeared first on CleanTechnica .