Cardiff Council SUV surcharge

[Jack2jack]

Cardiff Council set to make Cardiff the first City to impose a surcharge on SUVs of a certain (Revenue) weight. Anyway see attached article.

Cardiff set to impose SUV parking premium after council approval

Owners of large cars such as SUVs would be charged more to encourage switching to smaller vehicles.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[J_B]

Good.

 

[Jack2jack]

Good.

Interestingly, it targets some of the very cars they are trying to get folk into, you know the electric ones with massive heavy batteries.

 

[Manselton Jack]

Interestingly, it targets some of the very cars they are trying to get folk into, you know the electric ones with massive heavy batteries.

An electric car doesn't have to be a big heavy SUV, something like a Renault 5 isn't a bloated overweight truck.
Makes sense to me.

 

[Jack2jack]

An electric car doesn't have to be a big heavy SUV, something like a Renault 5 isn't a bloated overweight truck.
Makes sense to me.

Indeed,it goes on weight rather than size/footprint, just saying that generally EVs are 15, 20 even 30% heavier than petrol cars for example.

 

[Manselton Jack]

Indeed,it goes on weight rather than size/footprint, just saying that generally EVs are 15, 20 even 30% heavier than petrol cars for example.

Agreed, I've got an Octavia vrs which weighs about 1450kg, the electric SUV equivalent is the Enyaq Coupe vrs which is around 2250kg - that's 50% heavier!!
Electric vehicles aren't necessarily an issue but bloated SUV's are.

 

[Jack2jack]

Agreed, I've got an Octavia vrs which weighs about 1450kg, the electric SUV equivalent is the Enyaq Coupe vrs which is around 2250kg - that's 50% heavier!!
Electric vehicles aren't necessarily an issue but bloated SUV's are.

I could never understand why cars have become so large, so much so that even standard parking spaces are now bigger than before. Not withstanding the damage these larger vehicles are doing to the roads. Not 100% convinced it's being implimented for all the right reasons, but, it is what it is, its not going to affect me if I'm being honest, but it may others.

 

[J_B]

Agreed, I've got an Octavia vrs which weighs about 1450kg, the electric SUV equivalent is the Enyaq Coupe vrs which is around 2250kg - that's 50% heavier!!
Electric vehicles aren't necessarily an issue but bloated SUV's are.

Yes and that extra weight causes more rapid damage to the road surface. Maybe Road tax should have a weight element?