New regulations aimed at reducing emissions will drive the influx of electric cars, vans, and utilities into the Australian market.
Electric utes, vans and sports cars from a wide range of automakers will roll into Australia over the next 12 months in what is expected to become a milestone year for low-emission vehicles. Automotive industry experts say the race will be triggered by laws that set a pollution cap on new vehicles in Australia for the first time, catching up to regulations in other countries.
But they warn a late start for their enforcement and tough economic conditions could slow Australia’s progress towards electric car targets.will come into effect from 1 January, setting a pollution limit for fleets of passenger vehicles and another for light commercial vehicles such as utes and large four-wheel drives.The limits will apply to new cars and are designed to encourage automakers to balance sales of high-polluting vehicles with low-emission electric and hybrid models. But the standard has affected the local vehicle market before its official arrival, Australian Electric Vehicle Association national president Chris Jones said, as many emerging and established brands had announced plans to import electric and plug-in hybrid electric cars. “It’s going to be an exciting year and there will be lots more makes and models hitting our shores,” Jones said.Reaction to the launch of BYD’s Shark 6 plug-in hybrid ute, which attracted almost 4,000 pre-orders, showed Australian motorists were eager to adopt low-polluting vehicles, Jones said, but were waiting for options that suited them.Australians should expect to see a lot more electric challengers arrive in 2025, Swinburne University future urban mobility professor Hussein Dia said, including some with competitive prices.“They are challenging many of the established brands and we’ve already started to see their impact in Australi
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