RUC shock: the future of pay‑per‑kilometre driving
New Zealand drivers are about to discover a whole new way of paying to use the roads – and for most, it will be a shock.
For decades, petrol and diesel motorists have funded the transport network through fuel excise quietly folded into every litre at the pump - currently a 70c tax.
Soon, that largely invisible tax will give way to something much more visible – paying per kilometre under an expanded road user charge (RUC) system.
On the latest episode of The Business of Tech, I talk to Dunedin-based entrepreneur Adam Johnston about what may be the biggest shake-up to transport…
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