Carlton green wrote: ↑9 Jan 2024, 8:30am
As an aside, from 2035 one won’t be able to buy a new fossil fuel powered car, if the government were really serious about environmental damage and climate change then the general public wouldn’t be able to buy an electric SUV either.
Whilst I would certainly discourage their use - I now have an enyaq... which is a *huge* vehicle.
Because it's the only available vehicle which allows me to lift my wheelchair in without dismantling it first.
Now - if we could go back to having decent estate cars then I'm with you, but they're not necessarily much smaller/lighter.
I'd run with VED being in two parts (both of which would be payable):
- Emissions
- Vehicle Mass
It could even be based on a 10k mile "default" (nearly 30% over the UK average) with a sliding scale for those who drive their vehicles further - maybe an additional 1% VED for every 100 miles over the first 10k, maybe scale the *whole* of VED with 1% per 100 miles driven - so very low users get a discount.