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The great road-pricing debate

Jul 15, 2025 · 34 min · Ep 1

What happens to taxes on driving when we stop using petrol and diesel? Governments will have a big fiscal hole to fill. One answer is road pricing for electric vehicles. But will it put people off BEVs? And would motorists baulk at having their mileage tracked?


With special guest Michael Dnes, road-pricing advocate and former senior official at the UK Department of Transport.

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