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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Giles Parkinson is founder and editor of The Driven, and also edits and founded the Renew Economy and One Step Off The Grid web sites. He has been a journalist for nearly 40 years, is a former business and deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review, and owns a Tesla Model 3.
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