# Should electric vehicles have free parking?

**URL:** <https://community.electricforum.com/t/should-electric-vehicles-have-free-parking/5772>\
**Category:** EV Small Talk\
**Created:** [February 6, 2016, 2:24am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/should-electric-vehicles-have-free-parking/5772 "2016-02-06T02:24:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![EvForum](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/evforum/32/322_2.png) [@EvForum](https://community.electricforum.com/u/EvForum)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 2:24am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/should-electric-vehicles-have-free-parking/5772/1 "2016-02-06T02:24:23Z")

</div>

A number of governments around the world are now offering free parking to electric vehicle users as a means of incentivising further take-up. However, with petrol and diesel vehicles contributing significantly more tax to government coffers, is this fair?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![tmark938](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@tmark938](https://community.electricforum.com/u/tmark938)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/should-electric-vehicles-have-free-parking/5772/2 "2016-02-06T02:44:13Z")

</div>

Why? They pay less road tax and less fuel costs…

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Old\_Houseboater](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/old_houseboater/32/544_2.png) [@Old\_Houseboater](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Old_Houseboater)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 7:31am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/should-electric-vehicles-have-free-parking/5772/3 "2016-02-06T07:31:06Z")

</div>

NO! they occupy a space. People should not be penalized for owning a petrol car.