Fiat cuts deal with Tesla to use EV credits and avoid EU emissions fines
Fiat plans to pool with Tesla - and pay it a significant fee to use its credits to meet strict EU emissions standards and avoid hefty fines.
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Bridie Schmidt is associate editor for The Driven, sister site of Renew Economy. She has been writing about electric vehicles since 2018, and has a keen interest in the role that zero-emissions transport has to play in sustainability. She has participated in podcasts such as Download This Show with Marc Fennell and Shirtloads of Science with Karl Kruszelnicki and is co-organiser of the Northern Rivers Electric Vehicle Forum. Bridie also owns a Tesla Model Y and has it available for hire on evee.com.au.
Why have no car manufacturers thought of an electric Plan B?
Car manufacturers should think of flexible options if they want to deal with emissions targets and range anxiety.
ALP backflips on EV target, Greens lament “policy on the run”
Labor EV policy under attack from all sides, as it backflips on requirement for car dealers to meet an emissions quota, to restrict the sale of ICE cars and boost sales EVs.
Tesla Model 3 sales soar, taking Norway electric car sales to 58.4 pct
Norway hits record electric car sales for March, and now half of all cars registered are either all-electric or plug-in hybrid. Its strategy could be a blueprint for Australia.
Trump’s clean car rollbacks would cost drivers more money, finds surprised Bush-era official
As the Trump administration works to rewrite and weaken clean car standards, the Obama-era rules received an unexpected boost from an unlikely source.
Australia’s transport pollution from cars and trucks is soaring
Pollution from light passenger vehicles and heavy transport is soaring, and projected to rise to 82% from 1990 levels by the end of the decade.
Labor EV target hailed, but NRMA wants total ban of fossil fuel car sales by 2030
Labor's new EV strategy is a big step forward, but even the NRMA want it to go further and match Greens target for total of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030.
Labor sets 50 per cent EV targets for new vehicle sales and government fleets
Labor, favoured to win the May election, sets 50% target for share of EVs in new passenger sales and government fleets, and set emissions standards for all cars.
Greens want ban on petrol and diesel vehicle sales by 2030
A ban on all new ICE vehicle sales by 2030 would bring Australia in line with many countries around the world.
When will EV adoption in Australia catch up with the rest of the world?
Going by recent announcements from the current federal government: not anytime soon. Over to you, Labor?