“That’s better for everyone involved so it’s a win-win situation.
“The challenge then is, how does the Government then offset those tax receipts in terms of what they would have been getting from petrol and diesel vehicles.
“What you then see is the consumers of petrol and diesel, in their view, I suppose being penalised by the type of vehicle they are purchasing.”
The Treasury has previously estimated they will need to fill a £40billion black hole as a result of the loss of VED and fuel duty rates.
source: express.co.uk