'Filling' the car with electric charge, empty to full, is not possible in the same time span as with liquid fuel.
The period of non-use is usually overnight to ensure a full charge for the following day so lengthy charging periods on standard mains will apply. Makes sense to use that period because the demand, and therefore the load, on the national grid is vastly reduced.
With the advent of smart meters, and it's easy to believe this was one of the reasons for the heavy advertising of the meters, it is easy to have different rates of duty applied remotely.
As mentioned earlier the charge could draw standard 240v mains current with a dedicated mini-meter in the socket so the amount of current drawn for that purpose could only be for the vehicle concerned and no other appliance.
Therefore the overall bill could be adjusted on a domestic account rebate basis. With successive budgets changing the tax levy it would be a simple way of maintaining tax receipts on vehicles. The State would finally have total control of population mobility! Dystopian or what.
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