Road User charges are dropping for hybrid vehicles after a change in heart and voting mistake by the government.
Transport Minister Simeon Brown announced owners of plug-in hybrids will pay $38 dollars per thousand kilometres driven, under new taxes to pay for road upkeep.
The Minister originally proposed a rate of $53 dollars, but a select committee recommended dropping the fee after a Labour Amendment was accidentally voted for in the house.
Industry lobby group Drive Electric chair Kirsten Corson spoke to Charlotte Cook.
