EV drivers eventually to pay fuel charges: ministerWINDING ROAD: While the number of vehicles increased from 8.19 million in 2020 to 8.33 million last year, fuel charge revenue fell as EV sales rose, a legislator saidBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporterElectric vehicle (EV) drivers would eventually have to pay fuel charges, Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) said yesterday. The government considered levying fuel charges based on the distance traveled by drivers, but odometers can be tampered with to roll back mileage, he said. The government should learn from Japan, which has multiple ways to collect vehicle fuel charges, Lee said. “Electric vehicle owners are exempt from paying fuel charges because the government is encouraging the use of electric vehicles. Should the number of electric vehicles continue to grow, owners would have to pay fuel charges for using roads,” Wang said.
