Australia Asleep Behind the Wheel on Electric Vehicle Policy | The Project

Putting a new tax on electric vehicles without related concessions, as has been proposed in Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia, would likely face strong opposition and discourage Australians from purchasing zero and low emissions cars, a leaked intergovernmental document has shown.

The analysis of potential models for state based Road User Charges for electric vehicles, prepared for the ‘Board of Treasurers’ comprising representatives from each state and territory, shows:

- A new EV tax would likely ‘discourage EV uptake’ and ‘face strong opposition from industry and environmental stakeholders’
- Live GPS tracking of all electric vehicles is being considered as a way to monitor and charge for a variable, per kilometre usage fee.
- States were told to consider the need for legal advice around potential constitutionality issues relating to the tax.
- Designing and implementing an EV tax is likely to be ‘resource-intensive’ and EV owners living near borders may be unfairly disadvantaged.
- ‘Responding to opposition from green vehicle industry’ is recorded as a ‘level 2’ priority that will require nationally coordinated approach.

Full research: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/leaked-government-paper-ev-tax-will-discourage-uptake-face-strong-opposition/

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