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Senate Committee on Electric Vehicles Welcome Move
…the electric vehicles market, economic and environmental benefits will follow.” Read The Australia Institute’s report on electric vehicles: If you build it they will charge: Sparking Australia’s electric vehicle boom….
EVs Key to Fuel Security & Emissions Reduction: National Energy Emissions Audit
…Energy Program Director at the Australia Institute. “A direct, and in many ways superior, replacement for petrol-fuelled passenger vehicles are Electric Vehicles—a technology to encourage and support in Australia, not…
25 Organisations Open Letter: Victoria EV Tax Worst EV Policy in the World
…on electric vehicles is the only stand-alone electric vehicle tax in the world. Prominent signatories of the open letter include Hyundai, Volkswagen, Uber, Jet Charge, the Electric Vehicle Council, Solar…
Ending the ICE age
The GST Package and Air Pollution
This report evaluates the likely effects on atmospheric emissions of the proposed changes in indirect taxes put forward in the Coalition’s GST Tax Package. While there is no mention of…
Leaked Government Paper: EV Tax Will ‘Discourage Uptake’, ‘Face Strong Opposition’
Putting a new tax on electric vehicles without related concessions, as has been proposed in Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia, would likely face strong opposition and discourage Australians…
Australia 91% reliant on foreign oil: Research Report
…electric vehicle policy leave Australia among the least fuel-efficient fleets in the OECD, and far behind the rest of the world in electric vehicle uptake. “Over a barrel: Assessing Australia’s…
Congestion-Free City Centres
…cars, the discussion has focused on increasing the uptake of Electric Vehicles (EV), mostly as part of emission-reduction policies. But this approach does not challenge Australia’s car-centred lifestyle, and while…
Technophobia is the LNP's last bastion
…Scott Morrison even warned voters that Bill Shorten’s electric vehicle targets would “end the weekend”. What next, plagues of locusts? Technological change drives the productivity growth that the Coalition says…