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"While there are many things governments could do to boost uptake further,
electric vehicle imports are gently on the rise in Australia. But what if we
made them here?
According to a February report from the Australia Institute’s Carmichael
Centre, Australia could benefit hugely from setting up an onshore electric
vehicle manufacturing industry.
The report states that Australia’s renewable energy potential, mineral
resources and highly skilled workforce make it an optimal place to manufacture
electric vehicles.
“Thanks to the resilience of our remaining automotive manufacturing supply
chain, a surprising amount of auto manufacturing work – including components,
specialty vehicles and engineering – still exists here,” says lead author Dr
Mark Dean, a research fellow at the Carmichael Centre.
The report outlines a range of initiatives and policies that governments would
need to implement to kickstart the industry, including tax incentives to
encourage onshore processing of raw mined materials – particularly lithium for
batteries – a long-term vocational education strategy, incentivising global
manufacturers to set up here, rapidly electrifying government fleets with local
cars, and establishing an EV Manufacturing Industry Commission."
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
