1. buy a second hand ute; or 2. buy the most efficient (lowest emission) ute they can to minimise the fee; or 3. lease a ute; or 4. wait until an EV option is available before replacing their ute
plus of course the farmers ute is a business expense (and good chance they are not paying any FBT on it either)
cjohnw,
Jun 14, 3:02am
My brother in law is a farmer. He recently bought a $200,000 Range Rover. Cry me a river!
toenail,
Jun 14, 3:04am
The scheme can stop any minute when funds run out, and then you lose out.
xs1100,
Jun 14, 3:07am
SSSHHHH dont want to scare the masses just yet but heres the inside word. promote how at the moment they have no ruc s and the government promotes them and scares everyone by saying in 15 yrs time there will be no other option. reality is once the majority are in them there will be tax like you have never seen introduced and as the majority will be driving them nothing can be done
likit,
Jun 14, 3:07am
Example please of a car in the 80’s costing $80k
cjohnw,
Jun 14, 3:28am
Nope! The scheme announced today runs until 31 December 2021 and then a permanent rebate scheme will be introduced.
alowishes,
Jun 14, 3:30am
And a hefty RUC for all EVs…!
curlcrown,
Jun 14, 3:41am
RUCs on electric vehicles will be coming in soon.
elect70,
Jun 14, 3:41am
Guess who will make up for the subsidy ? Yep ICe vehicle users inc trucks so can expect rise in price for food etc as operators costs ballon with extra taxes they wil come in . GOVT still needs to make up for the subsidy cost . Im told the sockett to plug these hings into cosr t around $1000 mercedes EQC 400 SUV I lookted at
curlcrown,
Jun 14, 3:44am
If the scheme is successful watch the coal consumption raise even more.
flossy64,
Jun 14, 3:46am
That means you are rural and possibly a farmer. That means this govenment hates you and does not care
remmers,
Jun 14, 3:58am
Haven't you got single or three phase mains supply?
No rebate on EVs over $80,000. Green-eyed monsters!
harm_less,
Jun 14, 4:19am
So many don't seem to realise that EVs run on the same type of electricity as comes from their wall power sockets!
scuba,
Jun 14, 4:21am
legalized theft. Another witless scheme bound to inflate the cost of transport for those lest able to afford it. This rates right up there with the half wits who thought increasing the cost of vehicle registration according to safety rating would force people to buy more modern vehicles. Labour will need those electric vehicles to carry all their boxes when the voter kicks them out next election.
And of course the good old Kiwi Taxpayer foots the bill.
tony9,
Jun 14, 4:26am
Correct. However much more generation in NZ uses natural gas. We will run out of natural gas well before we lose access to coal suitable for electricity generation. Even now, constraints on gas supply limit the gas turbine generators.
houseofdad,
Jun 14, 4:36am
Writing on the wall for combustion powered vehicles.
harm_less,
Jun 14, 4:42am
And in the interim we develop wind turbine and solar farm capacity. Swings and roundabouts.
trogedon,
Jun 14, 4:42am
They should give people who keep old cars on the road registration subsidies for not wasting raw materials by the Environmentally braindead choice of buying new cars. They've got The Halo Effect (look it up) going strong.
" The Climate Change Commission's advice also aimed to reduce car-dependency by improving other modes, such as walking, cycling or public transport."
All very well IF you live close to your work, IF you don't mind cycling, IF public transport is available.
Many of these factors simply don't/can't apply to a lot of kiwis.
So go buy an electric car, with the leftover from your income. Hmm. Yeah right.
Bloody politicians . Divorced from every day people's reality.
bill-robinson,
Jun 14, 5:02am
the govt would be better off subsidising solar panels on homes at the same rate.more people would benefit.
kenw1,
Jun 14, 5:05am
Well actually we do, but it will need that range at a minimum if we are away from base for a day or even a part day. Or perhaps we just lug some solar panels with us and sit around in the sun, snoozing while it charges up enough.
trogedon,
Jun 14, 5:05am
True - that's win/win/win. It would've been ideal to push that one a few years after the insulated homes train was going.
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