Car-makers are hopeful the government could introduce carbon emission limits on car makers, as a new report finds standards could have saved motorists billions of dollars on fuel.
In a report released ahead of the summit, The Australia Institute determined a year's worth of domestic flight emissions would have been avoided if Australia had adopted a fuel efficiency standard when it ratified the UN Paris climate agreement.
Last week, motor industry groups released a joint statement calling on the new government to mandate carbon targets to replace a voluntary standard the sector has set for itself. Research commissioned by the chamber found with a business-as-usual approach, zero-emission vehicles would only make up about 18 per cent of new car sales by 2030, with other estimates putting the figure even lower.
Labor has advocated for an emissions standard on vehicles on-and-off for a decade and took a policy to implement one to the 2019 election.
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