{"id":88535,"date":"2024-12-23T04:46:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T19:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=88535"},"modified":"2024-12-23T04:46:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T19:16:37","slug":"wa-ev-rebate-mb3078","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-ev-rebate-mb3078\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Australia&#8217;s EV Rebate Fund Topped Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wa-ev-rebate.jpg\" alt=\"WA EV rebate\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wa-ev-rebate.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wa-ev-rebate-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wa-ev-rebate-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wa-ev-rebate-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>WA&#8217;s Cook Government has tipped another $9.5 million into the state&#8217;s Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Rebate Scheme.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The ZEV rebate, which was launched in May 2022, provides a $3,500 subsidy for eligible vehicles. Originally it was to be available to the first 10,000 applicants or until 10 May 2025 &#8211; whichever came first. As part of the 2024-25 State Budget, the WA Government provided an additional $5.2 million investment to meet expected demand with the application cap removed.<\/p>\n<p>Mid-year projections indicated added demand in 2024-25, so the extra $9.5 million has been injected into the scheme to take it through to the application deadline, which is midnight on Saturday 10 May 2025.<\/p>\n<p>As at the end of November 2024, a total of $32,200,000 had been paid out for 9,200 rebates.<\/p>\n<h2>WA ZEV Rebate Eligibility<\/h2>\n<p>To eligible, vehicles must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>be zero-emissions and fully powered by batteries or hydrogen fuel cells.<\/li>\n<li>be a light vehicle (passenger, commercial or light truck); with a gross vehicle mass of 4.5 tonnes or less.<\/li>\n<li>have a maximum dutiable value of $70,000 or less &#8211; and there are quite a few more EV models in this category now than when the incentive originally launched in 2022.<\/li>\n<li>brand new and never previously registered either here in Australia or overseas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unlike some rebates in the renewable energy and electrification space that are actually an up-front discount, this is a true rebate. It&#8217;s provided as an electronic funds transfer to an applicant&#8217;s nominated bank account only once the vehicle has been licensed (registered), and application processed. Rebate payments may take up to 8-10 weeks to process; so that&#8217;s something worth keeping in mind when budgeting.<\/p>\n<p>For further information on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transport.wa.gov.au\/projects\/zero-emission-vehicle-zev-rebate.asp\">WA ZEV Rebate, see this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Electric Vehicle Uptake In Western Australia<\/h2>\n<p>Commenting on the latest cash infusion, WA&#8217;s Minister Assisting the Transport Minister David Michael <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wa.gov.au\/government\/media-statements\/Cook%20Labor%20Government\/WA's-Zero-Emission-Vehicle-Rebate-Scheme-gets-$9.5-million-boost-20241218\">said<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;There has been significant growth in the number of electric vehicles on WA roads over the past three years, and for the first time EVs made up more than 1 per cent of WA&#8217;s light vehicle fleet in the June 2024 quarter. I expect as more affordable EVs are made available to the WA market, more Western Australians will look to make the switch to zero-emission vehicles, increasing interest in the ZEV rebate.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The number of electric vehicles in Western Australia increased by over 513 per cent between 31 December 2021 and 30 June 2024 says the State Government, based on information from the Department of Transport. The Automobile Association of Australia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaa.asn.au\/research-data\/electric-vehicle\/\">(AAA) indicates<\/a> the following proportions of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in new light vehicle sales in WA over the last couple of years:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Q1 2022: 2.19%<\/li>\n<li>Q2 2022: 1.04%<\/li>\n<li>Q3 2022: 3.98%<\/li>\n<li>Q4 2022: 4.99%<\/li>\n<li>Q1 2023: 5.73%<\/li>\n<li>Q2 2023: 7.91%<\/li>\n<li>Q3 2023: 6.67%<\/li>\n<li>Q4 2023: 7.54%<\/li>\n<li>Q1 2024: 7.65%<\/li>\n<li>Q2 2024: 8.03%<\/li>\n<li>Q3 2024: 7.45%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bev-sales-wa.png\" alt=\"Graph of new BEV sales in WA as a proportion of all new light vehicle sales.\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bev-sales-wa.png 900w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bev-sales-wa-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bev-sales-wa-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Other EV Rebates In Australia<\/h2>\n<p>Western Australia has been bucking the trend in terms of support for purchasing electric vehicles. There used to be EV rebates in several other states, but WA currently stands alone.<\/p>\n<p>But there are other EV related incentives available in some states such as interest-free loans, registration discounts or charger grants. You can see summaries of these and other incentives for electrification, solar power and battery storage on SQ&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/rebates-subsidies\/\">rebates and subsidies page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WA&#8217;s Cook Government has tipped another $9.5 million into the state&#8217;s Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Rebate Scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":88536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Western Australia&#039;s EV Rebate Fund Topped Up<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"WA&#039;s Cook Government has tipped another $9.5 million into the state&#039;s Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Rebate Scheme.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-ev-rebate-mb3078\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Western Australia&#039;s EV Rebate Fund Topped Up\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WA&#039;s Cook Government has tipped another $9.5 million into the state&#039;s Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Rebate Scheme.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-ev-rebate-mb3078\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-22T19:16:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wa-ev-rebate.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wa-ev-rebate-mb3078\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wa-ev-rebate-mb3078\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Western Australia&#8217;s EV Rebate Fund Topped Up\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-22T19:16:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wa-ev-rebate-mb3078\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":523,\"commentCount\":5,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wa-ev-rebate-mb3078\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/wa-ev-rebate.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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