Charged up: how two EV owners took on Victoria’s electric vehicle tax – and won

Leaving a legacy for his children: Chris Vanderstock, one of the plaintiffs in the high court challenge to Victoria’s EV levy, stands beside his car. Photograph: Ellen Smith/The Guardian

Kathleen Davies remembers driving an electric vehicle in 2012, and how it felt as if she was commuting in a spaceship.

“There were hardly any on the road – it felt quite bizarre,” she says.