The government’s plan to charge plug-in hybrid car users (PHEV) at almost the same rate of electric vehicle users will expose the shortage of charging options on the Central Coast.
Having nowhere to charge at my apartment building, to make only a PHEV viable, I would have to use public chargers.
But there are three main problems.
First, I have to find a charger; there are not many, and I have often given up because they were taken and there was no other choice.
Secondly, to get the full 45km charge on my PHEV takes two to three hours. and finally I am being charged more per kilometre for electricity than I am for fuel.
Until there are cheaper, faster, and available chargers available, PHEV users will be using petrol, paying fuel excise, but being taxed again for trying to go green.
Email, Sept 8
M Gray, Gosford
Stick to ICE cars.