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"The Morrison government will today announce its long-awaited electric vehicle
strategy, coinciding with COP26 climate change talks underway in Glasgow. The
new policy contains some welcome new funding, but is largely notable for what
it omits.
In a welcome move, the government has allocated an additional A$250 million for
electric vehicles, primarily aimed at charging infrastructure. But unlike every
leading electric vehicle market globally, the plan delivers no financial or tax
support to help Australian motorists make the switch to a cleaner car.
And the government has failed to explain how the policy will help Australia
achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, just as it failed to do when releasing its
economy-wide emissions reduction plan last month.
It’s encouraging to see the Morrison government move past its claim of a few
years ago that electric vehicles would “end the weekend”. But the new plan is
not the national electric vehicle strategy Australia deserves, and badly
needs."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
