Why a shift to basing vehicle registration fees on emissions matters for Australia
Emissions-based registration fees are already in place in many other nations with much higher uptakes of electric vehicles. How could it help in Australia?
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Australia is failing on all three vehicle pollution controls
What are vehicle greenhouse emission standards and why are they important?
The road to new fuel efficiency rules is filled with potholes. Here’s how to avoid them
Without a robust set of mandatory transport emissions standards, Australia’s dependence on fossil fuels will deepen, and reaching our emissions reduction goals will become harder.
Football, meat pies, efficiency standards and electric utes: Can we have it all?
The calls for fuel-efficiency legislation may be increasing, but the devil is in the detail.
Most car makers fail to meet Australia’s voluntary emissions targets
Just one out of three carmakers have managed to achieve Australia's weak and still voluntary vehicle emissions targets.
How climate-friendly is an electric car? It all comes down to where you live
Where you live can make a huge difference to how climate-friendly your car is.
VW wants Australians to be “liberated” from traditional fossil fuel filling stations
Volkswagen Australia puts pressure on federal government - yet again - to bring Australia up to speed with global transition to electric mobility.
Most Australian households are ready to buy an EV – and an emissions ceiling would help
Many people believe Australia’s shift to electric vehicles is stuck in the slow lane, but while federal policies are lacklustre, most Australians are ready for the shift.
“Putting handbrake on EV sales:” Federal Labor MP takes govt to task over poor policy
Federal Labor MP Matt Thistlethwaite says government is "putting the handbrake" on EVs, becoming second federal MP in as many weeks to call for stronger policy to support a transition to electric vehicles,
Model 3 achieves record low energy consumption in driving efficiency test
Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus can achieve a market-leading 11.9kWh per 100km energy consumption, new testing shows.