Thread: RUC increases

I see on the NZTA web site

Light vehicle owners
If you bought too much RUC and your current RUC licence will last you past 31 July 2023, you'll need to buy a new RUC licence in July. Make sure you enter your current distance reading when you buy the new licence, and the system will credit you back any unused RUC

I don't get it? What is judged as "too much RUCs"? surely if you currently have RUCs and use them up you can just buy new ones later in the year when they run out? Say I buy RUC's before the end of the month at the cheap rate will they credit me back RUC's at the price paid (old rate) or will I get a reduced number of rucs back (charged at new rate).

You missed the fun part.
ruc going up 56%.
feel the love

I reckon they are just blustering. For Joe average who always buys in 10K increments I doubt they will follow up. But for a big trucking firm that just purchased 50K RUC for a fleet of 30 tonne trucks...yes, they may decide to follow up given it was a saving of 50%

Blame the push for EVs. They don't pay and fuel tax or RUCs

aren't ruc comimg for the virtue signalers too?

Originally Posted by Lurch

aren't ruc comimg for the virtue signalers too?

Should be, they aren't paying anything to use the roads except their rego which is small compared to a years worth of fuel tax or runs.
The government wants to trick more people into evs before slapping taxes onto them.

Yip in March 24 supposedly, be interesting to see how that goes down and what the charges will be

Ev's do more damage to the road than petrol equivalents as their weight is significantly higher.

especially when they catch fire ,which seems to be more frequently than old skool vehicles they carry around litres of flamable liquid

Originally Posted by yerimaginaryM8

I see on the NZTA web site



I don't get it? What is judged as "too much RUCs"? surely if you currently have RUCs and use them up you can just buy new ones later in the year when they run out? Say I buy RUC's before the end of the month at the cheap rate will they credit me back RUC's at the price paid (old rate) or will I get a reduced number of rucs back (charged at new rate).

Just don’t do it, if you caught and they think you purchased too much they just invoice you the difference. Good luck to them chasing everyone

Originally Posted by Lurch

especially when they catch fire ,which seems to be more frequently than old skool vehicles they carry around litres of flamable liquid

Not even close to being true. I work at a fuel terminal where we’re currently storing some EVs. Part of the MOC and risk assessment covered fire and all the research we did found CE vehicles caught fire a hell of a lot more than EVs

Originally Posted by McNotty

Not even close to being true. I work at a fuel terminal where we’re currently storing some EVs. Part of the MOC and risk assessment covered fire and all the research we did found CE vehicles caught fire a hell of a lot more than EVs

In proportion to numbers on the road or just total fires of each type.

Fair enough.
I've never done risk assessment,seen a fair few vids now of spectacular explosions and fires involving battery cars.
Statistics are commod

Commodity

Originally Posted by tetawa

In proportion to numbers on the road or just total fires of each type.

If I remember right, EVs 0.3% chance vs CE 1.5% chance of igniting. Lots of research, figures don’t change too much. If you took out fires while EVs charging, it’d be even less.