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Wrong way, go back: a proposed new tax on electric vehicles is a bad idea

A road user tax on EVs would limit the economic, health and environmental benefits promised by electric vehicles which, together, far exceed any loss in fuel excise.

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Tesla chair Robyn Denholm laments politics of EVs in Australia

Australian chair of Tesla, now world’s most valuable car company, laments politics of EVs in home country.

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NSW review recommends road tax for electric vehicles, idea branded a “dud”

NSW financial review panel led by CSIRO chair recommends road user charges for EVs, but the idea is rejected as a very strange and dud idea.

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Australia’s luxury car tax threshold quietly lifted for electric vehicles

Luxury car tax on low and zero emissions cars in Australia is quietly relaxed, giving EVs bigger break than fossil fuel cars for first time in decade.

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Solar synthetic fuels won’t save the internal combustion engine

Cars will have to be powered by renewable electricity. The choice is whether to switch to electric motors and charge by plug, or to keep the internal combustion alive by filling it with liquid sunlight.

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Some time soon, Australian EV owners may be able to sell power back to the grid

Energy market rule-maker flags moves to allow vehicle to grid charging from electric cars, and cites some interesting new trials.

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