Turkey to tax electric vehicles up to 15%

[AndrewBissell]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-26/turkey-to-tax-electric-cars-up-to-15-percent-haberturk-says.html?cmpid=yhoo

The article says a variable level of tax will be applied from 3% or EVs under 84kW up to 15% for this over 120kW (e.g. Tesla Roadster).

Is this a strange negative EV incentive? Or is the story more nuanced - e.g. Are they exempt from some other tax?

NB The Renault Fluence is made at Bursa in Turkey.

 

[Eberhard]

the roadster is rated with 40kW continues power. That's what count. Even with 225kW peak.

 

[Nik]

Is this a strange negative EV incentive? Or is the story more nuanced - e.g. Are they exempt from some other tax?

Presumably this is instead of the normal import duty applied to ICE cars. In Turkey this is 70% (!).
http://www.frihost.com/forums/vt-47080.html

 

[strider]

Or could it be a way to recoup road taxes? Not sure about Turkey but in the US, road taxes are added to gasoline. EV's avoid those taxes. I keep expecting states to start some kind of mileage-based taxation as EV's (and higher-mileage ICE/PHEV's) become more popular.