Growing appetite for EVs stokes calls for road user charge | 7.30
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This week the federal government's four-month cut to the fuel excise ended. The cost of fuel is one of the reasons consumers are buying electric vehicles in record numbers. But the shift is threatening to undermine billions of dollars of revenue, stoking calls for a nationwide road user charge. 7.30's political editor Jacob Greber reports. Subscribe: https://ab.co/3yqPOZ5 Welcome to ABC News In-depth, where you'll find our long-form journalism and other videos to help you understand what's going on in the world around you. Watch more ABC News content ad-free on ABC iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Get breaking news and livestreams from our ABC News channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/NewsOnABC Like ABC News on Facebook: http://facebook.com/abcnews.au Follow ABC News on Instagram: http://instagram.com/abcnews_au Follow ABC News on Twitter: http://twitter.com/abcnews Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated.
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