Federal and state governments would have to consider waiving stamp duty and car registration on electric vehicles as well as giving them the special use of transit lanes to reach Labor’s ambitious new target for electric car sales.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has promised $100 million to build a network of charging stations while vowing to make it easier to drive an electric vehicle and setting the 50 per cent target for new car sales.But his goal has sparked a furious debate over the cost to motorists and governments to engineer the huge shift, given electric vehicles made up only 0.2 per cent of Australia’s new car market in 2017.
The forecast, modelled for the government agency by consulting firm Energeia, also assumed all three levels of government would increase their fleet purchases of electric vehicles. One option is to charge a fee according to the distance travelled rather than the fuel used but this would risk a backlash from voters.
“We don’t believe in subsidising the purchase of electric vehicles,” VACC senior research analyst Steve Bletsos told the inquiry. “We think that is an unsustainable policy that introduces a distortion into the market.” Senator Storer made a series of recommendations as chair of the inquiry including a national target for electric vehicle adoption and a federal scheme to roll out charging stations, two ideas embraced by Mr Shorten this week.
As if the motorist isn’t paying now. If Australia cant be Innovative. Just copy Like Japan Korea And now China did when they became motoring manufacturers. Petrol is dead just like Typewriters
What fools these mortals be !
Say anything for a TICKET TO RIDE into the Lodge
Buy it for me and I will... Otherwise I'll stick to the cheap second hand, exhaust spewing variety.
Why are people shocked that the ALP can't get this right. They actually have no plan to make this viable.
I think they should concentrate on better public transport to keep more cars off the roads, setting a goal for electric cars will be a huge problem, this needs more work.
I feel sorry for the other half this time.
Bill is trying to outgreen d Greens so he dreamed up 50% uptake of e-cars Just an ambit claim as a gimmick
We’ll be buying an electric car in the foreseeable future anyway, so it’s good to hear a politician heading in that direction too.
Just plain crap from the Green/Labor coalition...
Where does the power come from to power the cars?
Well someone has to pay .. FGS this is going to happen because someone wishes it
Merkel: We need to switch to electric or hydrogen powered fuel cell cars
Furious debate, oh please 🙄.
Hardly a debate. It’s not going to work with the technology available
It’s called Bill Shorten’s “Fantasyland”! This is just more unsustainable garbage from a disfinctionsl, complete out of touch Labor Party! Their theme should be...”Off With The Fairies”!!!
Why are people so concerned about electric cars ? We were all informed that flying cars would soon be the latest mode of transport.
shorten commonsense, shorten ideas, shorten policy, shorten votes.
Transitioning to public transport (for most) is the best way forward long-term.
Pinky Bill can do it!
Electric cars fueled by coal powerplant?
Translation | We concocted the 'furious debate over the cost to motorists and governments' claim, to discredit Bill Shorten's goal to ensure half the nation's new cars are electric by 2030 thatsourjob