The federal government move to place carbon emission rules on new sales is a coup for the electric vehicle industry and mostly European premium manufacturers.
to boost electric vehicle take-up and avoid turning the country’s car yards into “dumping grounds” for redundant stock no longer able to be sold in other markets.
Labor now judges that the national mood has shifted, with consumers eager for the kind of choice and range EV buyers enjoy in Europe. The figures for the top passenger-car makers are Toyota, with 145g CO2 per km, Mazda , Hyundai and Kia . “And to an extent, they have a point. There are many consumers who would be interested in buying an EV – but even if they could access the limited stock available, price sends them to petrol or diesel models.
Mr Sansom also hinted that the company would eventually develop EV versions of Australia’s biggest-selling categories – large four-door utes.“Nothing that I can confirm yet that is going into production, but certainly, where there are big markets around the world for those popular vehicles we’ll be servicing those with electric vehicles as well.”Labor’s shift anticipates a push by three teal independents speaking at Friday’s EV summit to boost demand for the zero-emissions vehicles.
Dr Ryan wants to cut the definition of a fuel-efficient vehicle from 7 litres of fuel per 100km to 4 litres per 100km.Member for Goldstein Zoe Daniel will call for changes to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s rules on funding the rollout of fast EV chargers.
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