Sales of electric cars are slumping as buyers are in doubt because road tax will soon also be applicable to these vehicles, AD reported on Friday. Starting in 2025, electric car owners will begin paying road tax, initially at a quarter of the standard rate, and then the full rate in 2026. This tax is considerable, as electric cars are typically 300 to 600 kilos heavier than fuel cars.
A third of caravans in the Netherlands fail the road safety inspection, the car industry association Bovag reported after analyzing the inspection data of 3,000 caravans. And these inspections aren’t mandatory, so the actual number of caravans posing a danger on the road may well be much higher, AD reports.
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