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\"Vehicle<\/p>\n

The Albanese Government is taking a crack at implementing vehicle fuel efficiency standards, which could help boost EV availability, affordability and uptake in Australia.<\/p>\n

Fuel efficiency standards have been introduced in a bunch of countries. Australia is one the few developed nations to not have or not be officially undertaking development of such standards at this point in time.<\/p>\n

How Can Fuel Efficiency Standards Improve EV Availability?<\/h2>\n

There is growing demand for electric vehicles<\/a> in Australia. But even if you want an electric car and have the cash ready to go, you’ll likely be in for a long wait. Auto manufacturers aren’t exactly rushing to get EVs into Australia and our lack of fuel efficiency standards is some of the reason behind it.<\/p>\n

These standards are generally based on\u00a0 average emissions of what manufacturers sell across their fleets within a country that has them in place. Petrol guzzlers can still be sold, but the manufacturer needs to offset their impact with very low or zero emissions vehicles. Failure to meet local benchmarks results in hefty financial penalties.<\/p>\n

There is greater incentive for auto makers to ship their electric cars to countries with fuel efficiency standards in place, and to send more of their inefficient vehicles to countries that don’t – such as Australia. This not only increases Australia’s transport emissions, but we pay for this practice at the petrol pump. Added to that, the resulting limited availability of electric cars here keeps prices higher than they would otherwise be.<\/p>\n

\u201cUp until now, Australian households and businesses have had very little choice regarding low-emissions and fuel-efficient vehicles, and they have been paying for it,” said<\/a> Climate Change and Energy Minister (and Tesla owner) Chris Bowen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As some indication of what a difference standards could make to EV availability here, Volkswagen Group Australia\u2019s Managing Director reportedly said last week<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cImplementation \u2013 if we had standards today \u2013 we could bring cars here tomorrow, we really could, it\u2019s a game-changer, not just for VW but for everyone. It will open the doors for more affordable EVs in our market.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can learn more about the pros (many) and cons (zero) of well-designed fuel-efficiency standards here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What The Albanese Government Is Doing<\/h2>\n

On Friday, the Albanese Government announced a discussion paper for its National Electric Vehicle Strategy will be released shortly. As part of that,\u00a0 the Federal Government believes now is the time to have an “orderly and sensible discussion” concerning the role vehicle fuel efficiency standards could have in improving supply of electric vehicles into the Australian market.<\/p>\n

That type of discussion really should have been had a long time ago, but better late than never.<\/p>\n

Labor intended introducing fuel efficiency standards if it won the 2019 election, but after giving a heads-up of its intentions – as SQ’s Ronald put it in the article linked to above – “some people completely lost their shit”. This shit-losing was in part the result of a Liberal scare campaign distorting what fuel efficiency standards are and how they work.<\/p>\n

Labor obviously learned from that experience and fuel efficiency standards didn’t feature in its election campaign this time around. And this time, we’re all going to have a good chat about it first – meaning more valuable time lost.\u00a0But perhaps approaching it this way will improve chances of standards actually happening without any serious shit-losing; such as an alternative-fact-fuelled violent rebellion involving misinformed petrol-heads.<\/p>\n

Federal Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Minister Catherine King said:<\/p>\n

“We want to hear your views on how best to design fuel efficiency standards in Australia to meet industry and consumer needs now and for generations to come, so I encourage people to have their say.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Solar energy and clean transport advocacy group Solar Citizens welcomed the news and will certainly be contributing its two-bob’s worth. It was only last month Solar Citizens again called for fuel efficiency standards in Australia <\/a>– and the group isn’t Robinson Crusoe in this regard.<\/p>\n

“Today, the Government is saying \u201cwe hear you\u201d and putting us firmly in the queue to secure a reliable supply of affordable EVs,\u201d said<\/a> Solar Citizens’ Ajaya Haikerwal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But while the other mob have been kicked out of office, implementing effective vehicle fuel efficiency standards won’t be a cakewalk. Solar Citizens warns:<\/p>\n

“Already, vested interests like the Federal Chamber for Automotive Industries (FCAI) are proposing watered-down versions of this scheme.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Last week, the Climate Council called on the FCAI to “stop blocking the road<\/a>” on standards.<\/p>\n

Just to close out, an interesting related snippet – Bank Australia announced on Friday it is ceasing loans for new fossil fuel vehicles<\/a> from 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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