Travel tax? The good news for owners of plug-in vehicles

• Published date: 14 March 2024
• Author: UDI EZION
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

These are plug-in hybrid vehicles, which combine the two worlds: an electric range that is sufficient for most daily trips, dozens of kilometers, and in new models even over 100 km, and also a hybrid drive unit that ensures that you will not get stuck even when the battery runs out. The flag does not have the tax worth 15 cents per kilometer caused a lot of opposition in the responses received by the Authority

Unlike vehicles that are 100% electric, do not consume any fuel and are not subject to the heavy taxes on gasoline and diesel, plug-in vehicles do consume gasoline, and little diesel. Want an electrified car without range anxiety? Kenan Cohen Kia Niro vs.

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The theoretical consumption is lower, but in practice not all owners of these vehicles are careful to charge their battery every day, and therefore consume fuel like a normal hybrid vehicle. This was also the reasoning of the tax authority to completely cancel the tax...