Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car road tax

Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by Someone on Saturday November 21, 2020 @06:18PM (#25173476)

13.1 includes buses and trucks. Actual for passenger vehicles is 10.6.

https://www.bitre.gov.au/sites/default/files/is_091.pdf:

“The average rate of fuel consumption across all Australian vehicles in 2016 was 13.1 l/100km. However, this includes buses and trucks which are overwhelmingly used for business purposes. Given that this study is focused on the vehicle costs of Australian households (and not businesses), Figure 1 presents the average rate of fuel consumption for the three types of vehicles which have significant private use, namely passenger vehicles, motorcycles and light commercial vehicles. Motorcycles are relatively fuel efficient using 5.6 litres of fuel per 100 km travelled in 2016, compared to 10.6 l/100km for passenger vehicles and 12.0 l/100 km for light commercial vehicles.”

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Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by benhurmarcel on Saturday November 21, 2020 @06:34PM (#25173548)

That's still surprisingly high.

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Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by jackvalentine on Saturday November 21, 2020 @08:08PM (#25173983)

I think it's likely that the average Australian vehicle is heavier, since the average European/Australian passenger vehicle is the same age (10.x years).

Maybe our sulferous crap fuel has something to do with it too. I don't know.

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Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by _-___________-_ on Saturday November 21, 2020 @08:09PM (#25173987)

Many of the cars you see on European streets would seem a bit... small... to many Australians.

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Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by sampsonitify on Saturday November 21, 2020 @11:57PM (#25175049)

And the roads in reverse. Australian roads are massive (and fast) compared to Europe.

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Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by _-___________-_ on Monday November 23, 2020 @12:14AM (#25183802)

Outside of the cities, this isn't true - Australian speed limits and average driving speed on highways is much lower than basically anywhere in Europe.

Inside cities, Australia definitely does have higher average speeds than inside most European cities though.

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Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by jashmatthews on Sunday November 22, 2020 @04:03PM (#25181078)

This is true of urban areas but not expressways. Motorway limits vary from 120 (Spain) to 140 (Poland) with Germany having sections of unlimited autobahn.

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