Larry Williams Drive

I think it’s time to the end the freeloading of the EV owners, don’t you?  The big news from the Chris Hipkins government is that they’re raising petrol tax again. That's right... they were just giving us a discount on the tax 2 months ago and now they are going in the opposite direction. From next year they’ll start hiking phasing in 12 cents a litre hike  Why?  Well because we’ve got to pay to fix the potholes  That’s what that petrol tax pays for. So do the road user charges that the drivers of diesel cars pay. But the EV owners pay nothing  They are driving on our roads for free and have been since the first EV hit New Zealand. Their exception period is due to run out April next year so you would think they are going start paying in about eight months. But no... don’t be so sure  More news out today is that officials are concerned about doing it  They are worried about noncompliance and the system not coping  I’ve had enough of this, haven’t you?  This might have made back when there were about 100 EVs a