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"The ACT is changing how it calculates car registration fees. Instead of being
based on a car’s weight, the fee the owner pays will be based on the greenhouse
gas emissions it produces.
Up to now, owners of cleaner but typically heavier electric vehicles have paid
more for registration than those of high-polluting but lighter vehicles powered
by petrol or diesel engines. Emissions-based fees will reverse that situation.
The ACT was already offering two years of free registration for electric
vehicles up to mid-2024. Under the new policy, from May 25 this year, owners of
new and used electric vehicles will pay a discounted fee once their two years
of free registration is over. The remaining car fleet will transition to the
new system on July 1 2024.
An emissions-based registration fee is a sensible policy worth adopting
Australia-wide. It’s already in place in many other nations that have much
higher uptakes of electric vehicles."
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
Fri, 24 Feb 2023 14:32:25 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/why-a-shift-to-basing-vehicle-registration-fees-on-emissions-matters-for-australia-199294>
"The ACT is changing how it calculates car registration fees. Instead of being
based on a car’s weight, the fee the owner pays will be based on the greenhouse
gas emissions it produces.
Up to now, owners of cleaner but typically heavier electric vehicles have paid
more for registration than those of high-polluting but lighter vehicles powered
by petrol or diesel engines. Emissions-based fees will reverse that situation.
The ACT was already offering two years of free registration for electric
vehicles up to mid-2024. Under the new policy, from May 25 this year, owners of
new and used electric vehicles will pay a discounted fee once their two years
of free registration is over. The remaining car fleet will transition to the
new system on July 1 2024.
An emissions-based registration fee is a sensible policy worth adopting
Australia-wide. It’s already in place in many other nations that have much
higher uptakes of electric vehicles."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
--
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
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