Following Victoria's lead, NSW has decided to ditch all incentives for buying an electric car and will introduce a road usage fee. The $3,000 rebate for EVs under $68,750 and the stamp duty exemption for EVs under $78,000 will end on Jan 1st, 2024. Instead of these incentives, the NSW government will spend $260m on charging infrastructure. The road usage fee was always planned to be a thing by 2027, but it'll be interesting to see if it's actually legal. There's a High Court case that's due for a decision in the next few weeks that might decide the road usage fee is an excise (not a fee or a tax), which only the Commonwealth has the right to impose as per section 90 of the Constitution.
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