Road user charges for electric vehicles are now all but certain – the only questions are how much new taxes will cost EV drivers, and how they will be applied.

Two models are being considered by the federal government: a tax targeting EV drivers only, which is being promoted by Australia’s peak automobile lobby or – less likely – a complete rewrite of taxes for drivers of both combustion engine vehicles and electric vehicles.

Electric vehicles are rolling off production lines globally, while in Australia debate rages over how best to tax them. Credit: Bloomberg

But what would the different models cost road users?

Charging per km: the AAA model

Treasurer Jim Chalmer and Australia’s state and territory treasurers last week announced they had reached agreement Australia would introdu

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