Road pricing, or pay-as-you-go charging for vehicles, may need to be introduced to fill a growing multibillion-pound hole in the national finances from the rise of the electric car.
That is the warning from Sir John Armitt, the head of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), to the Treasury, which faces losing income on fuel taxes and vehicle excise duty, from which zero-emission cars are exempt
That is the warning from Sir John Armitt, the head of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), to the Treasury, which faces losing income on fuel taxes and vehicle excise duty, from which zero-emission cars are exempt
