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Govt commits to lower plug-in hybrid charges

Cabinet green lights $38 per 1000km road user charge for PHEVs from April 1.

Mitsubishi says it is now a ‘reasonable and situation-reflective rate’.

Key points
  • What’s at stake: Questions about future uptake of EVs and PHEVs with the introduction of road user charges from April.
  • Background: Cabinet has agreed to a lower road user charge for plug-in hybrid vehicles, following extensive feedback from the industry about proposal being too high.
  • Key players: National, Simeon Brown, VIA, Greig Epps, Mitsubishi NZ, Reece Congdon.

Cabinet has agreed to a lower road user charge for plug-in hybrid vehicles from April, following extensive feedback from the industry about it being too high.

Transport Minister Simeon Brown said owners of PHEVs would not have to pay the $53 per 1000 kilometres RUC, as originally proposed. Instead,

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Jonathan Mitchell Tue, 19 Mar 2024
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Key points
  • What’s at stake: Questions about future uptake of EVs and PHEVs with the introduction of road user charges from April.
  • Background: Cabinet has agreed to a lower road user charge for plug-in hybrid vehicles, following extensive feedback from the industry about proposal being too high.
  • Key players: National, Simeon Brown, VIA, Greig Epps, Mitsubishi NZ, Reece Congdon.
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