kemosabe:

 

Yeah this has royally screwed PHEV cars with small batteries, but all PHEV will be paying above the odds for longer trips.

 

 

 

Yes and that is what I told a new car dealer last year when we were looking at PHEVs and he agreed that PHEVs are going to be a tough sell with the uncertainty. But we have known this was likely going to happen for some time. I did read or hear somewhere of the idea that PHEV owners maybe able to apply for a refund on some RUCs, similar to the current system where diesels can apply for a refund if going offroad at https://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/Vehicles/docs/RUC/off-road-ruc-refund-guidelines-202003.pdf . But if that was allowed in the future, it is going to involve a lot of admin and logging and honesty. IMO Nationals changes could really slow down EV adoption unless people have a free or very cheap source of electricity. IMO Hybrids are going to get the best value out of these changes. There is a reason why RAV4 hybrids have a year waiting list.