Will Electric Car Owners in France Have to Pay a New Tax?
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People in France may soon pay a new tax for driving electric cars.
A French group called the Cour des comptes wrote a report about this. The Cour des comptes checks how the government spends money.
The report talks about a tax per kilometre. This means drivers pay money for every kilometre they drive.
Right now, the government gets money from a tax on fuel. Petrol and diesel cars pay this tax.
But more people now drive electric cars. Electric cars do not use fuel. So the government gets less money from the fuel tax.
The United Kingdom will start a kilometre tax for electric cars in 2028. This will help the UK get more money.
France may need to think about doing the same thing.
No one knows yet if France will start this tax. But the report says France should think about it.
Vocabulary15 words
- tax
- money people pay to the government
- electric cars
- cars that use electricity, not petrol
- report
- a paper with information about something
- tax per kilometre
- money paid for every kilometre driven
- fuel
- petrol or diesel used by cars
- United Kingdom
- a country near France, also called the UK
- 2028
- a future year
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- money
- what people use to buy things
- drivers
- people who drive cars
- petrol
- fuel used in normal cars
- diesel
- another type of fuel for cars
- spend
- to use money
- think about
- to consider an idea
- start
- to begin something new
Quiz
Answer key
1. A tax per kilometre for electric cars 2. More people drive electric cars 3. 2028
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
People in France may soon pay a new _____ for driving electric cars.
A French group called the Cour des comptes wrote a _____ about this.
The report talks about a tax per _____.
This means drivers pay money for every kilometre they _____.
Right now, the government gets money from a tax on _____.
But more people now drive _____ cars.
Electric cars do not use _____.
So the government gets less _____ from the fuel tax.
The United Kingdom will start a kilometre tax for electric cars in _____.
France may need to _____ about doing the same thing.