The main barriers to transport electrification in Australia are the low supply of electric vehicles and access to only a fraction of the hundreds of models available abroad. The Electric Vehicle Council blames this on Australia’s lack of fuel efficiency standards and other policies to increase supply, such as sales mandates.
“This EU decision offers Australian consumers a clear roadmap on what needs to happen here,” said council executive director Behyad Jafari. “If there’s better and newer technology, why shouldn’t consumers have it?”
Fuel efficiency standards regulate the average carbon dioxide emissions of a manufacturer’s fleet and have been adopted in most countries. Australia, Turkey, Indonesia and Russia are the only G20 countries that do not have mandatory standards for fuel efficiency.
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Speaking to the National Press Club this week, Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen said the Albanian government would consider “all viable options” to expand support for electric vehicles.
Asked specifically about vehicle emission standards, Bowen said the government “would consider all viable options to build on the policy announcements we have already made and are implementing.”
Jafari said the government made it clear to the council that it wanted to reach zero net by 2050. “It’s a night and day difference between dealing with the last government and this one, so there’s a lot of enthusiasm among companies. global automotive industry “.
The Albanian government will officially present its electric vehicle strategy on Friday. Much of the details have already been made public, including the removal of the 5 per cent import tariff on some imported electric vehicles and the marginal profit tax of 47 per cent on electric cars provided by employers.
The new EU rules are expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from road transport in Europe by about 2.8 billion tonnes by 2050. This is about half of the reduction needed to meet the climate goals of the EU. EU, according to the International Council on Clean Transport.
Greenhouse gas emissions within the transport sector account for almost 20% of Australia’s annual totals. A drastic reduction in emissions to the sector is considered crucial if Australia is to meet its new emissions reduction target of 43% from 2005 levels by 2030.
Victoria is the only state to have implemented a road user charge for electric vehicles, and NSW and WA will begin charging in mid-2027.
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SA’s new Labor government abolished plans for a charge on road users in May, saying the tax was a barrier for motorists to choose greener options.
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