EV driver has registration suspended after refusing to pay impossible bill

The driver of an electric vehicle has been stung with a bill of over $20,000 and had his registration suspended for refusing to pay it.

Paul called into Heidi Murphy detailing how he received a letter from VicRoads which alleged he drove 850,550 kilometres in eight months.

Drivers of electric vehicles are required to submit odometer readings to the state government at the start of the financial year

They are charged 2.5 cents per kilometre in lieu of paying fuel tax.

The total cost of Paul’s bill from Vicroads was $21,263.75.

“I just want to tell yourself, and the listeners, that equates to my car 166 kilometres an hour, 24 hours a day for eight months,” he said on 3AW Drive,

“It is beyond belief.”

Paul said he had tried numerous times to get in contact with VicRoads, but instead got a letter on Wednesday saying his registration had been suspended.

“I have just been sent a notice saying that your registration has been suspended today because the $21,263.75 hasn’t been paid,” he said.

“Fantastic”.

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