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It’s time to revisit the cash for clunkers idea – but in a way that makes it fair on households
Australians driving older petrol and diesel vehicles often pay the most at the bowser, spend more on repairs and rely on cars with the weakest safety equipment.Australians are buying EVs every 100 seconds as car choice, charging and affordability accelerates
EVs have truly hit the suburbs, but we have much more work to do on electric trucks and charging infrastructure.Â
The PHEV emissions problem is not the plug-in hybrid. It is the “plug-in maybes”
Plug-in hybrids can work, but only if we design them, and manage them, for how people actually travel. The experience in Australia is more promising than Europe.
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Can Australia’s “little Norway” reach net zero by 2045? It will need very strong EV targets to get there
ACT’s climate strategy underestimates the scale of change needed in its plan to reach net zero by 2045. Serious EV targets might be necessary.
“Not in our planning:” Petrol and diesel motorists warned that fuel excise relief will not be extended
Fuel excise relief for motorists is unlikely to be extended despite the war in the Middle East flaring up.
A mining campaign in a farmer’s hat: “Hands off our diesel” meme is not about tractors
Defending the diesel rebate as an act of loyalty to farmers gets it backwards. Real support for regional Australia means helping farmers off diesel, not paying them to stay on it.
UK to introduce mileage-based EV tax from 2028, despite fierce opposition from electric car industry
UK government confirms its proposed mileage-based electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED) will take effect from April 2028 with only a few changes to its original form.
“Perverse”: Tesla and Hyundai say state-based EV tax would mean electric car owners subsidising hybrids
Tesla and Hyundai argue against EV road tax, saying it would create perverse outcomes and result in EV owners effectively subsidising hybrid car owners.
Australia’s electric car market share is racing ahead, but our official data and planning must keep up
In a transport‑energy transition of this speed and scale, leaving the primary lens in the hands of a lobby built around the internal combustion engine is no longer acceptable.
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