nz_road_user_charges_calculator
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Work out New Zealand road user charges for an EV, diesel or plug-in hybrid.
Use for: 'how much RUC will I pay', 'what does RUC cost for an EV', 'is a
diesel cheaper than petrol once you count RUC', 'do hybrids pay RUC',
'how much are road user charges a year'.
GET THE VEHICLE TYPE RIGHT, because it changes the rate:
ev $76 per 1,000 km
diesel $76
phev_petrol $38, roughly half, because petrol excise is already paid
phev_diesel $76, the FULL rate, since diesel carries no excise
hybrid_petrol no RUC at all
An ordinary petrol hybrid paying nothing is not an exemption: it pays
through fuel excise at the pump. Say that rather than implying it escapes.
MENTION THE TRANSACTION FEES. RUC is bought in prepaid blocks and every
purchase carries a fee, so 20,000 km in 1,000 km blocks pays it twenty
times. Buying bigger blocks is the main saving available, and it is
invisible if you only multiply distance by rate.
petrol_equivalent_excise answers the question underneath most of these:
whether the RUC vehicle is really paying more than a petrol one.
Light vehicles 3,500 kg and under. Heavy vehicle rates differ and are not
covered.
Args:
annual_km: Distance driven in a year.
vehicle_type: ev, diesel, phev_petrol, phev_diesel or hybrid_petrol.
block_size_km: Size of each RUC purchase.
purchase_method: online or agent.
fuel_efficiency_l_per_100km: For the petrol comparison only.
Returns:
The rate, the charge, the transaction count and fees, the total, cents
per kilometre, and the equivalent petrol excise.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| annual_km | number | yes | |
| vehicle_type | string | no | |
| block_size_km | number | no | |
| purchase_method | string | no | |
| fuel_efficiency_l_per_100km | number | no |
Raw JSON schema
{
"properties": {
"annual_km": {
"title": "Annual Km",
"type": "number"
},
"vehicle_type": {
"default": "diesel",
"title": "Vehicle Type",
"type": "string"
},
"block_size_km": {
"default": 5000,
"title": "Block Size Km",
"type": "number"
},
"purchase_method": {
"default": "online",
"title": "Purchase Method",
"type": "string"
},
"fuel_efficiency_l_per_100km": {
"default": 8,
"title": "Fuel Efficiency L Per 100Km",
"type": "number"
}
},
"required": [
"annual_km"
],
"title": "nz_road_user_charges_calculatorArguments",
"type": "object"
}