Australia’s new vehicle lobby has welcomed the federal government’s labor emissions reduction target – now 43 per cent by 2030 – but wants to be tougher on implementing specific CO2 cuts for the light vehicle sector.
As has been done before, the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) has only changed the context and called for a mandatory, mandatory federal emissions reduction project like the one in Europe.
For such a plan, each car manufacturer’s per-vehicle average emissions figures would be subject to an agreed – and gradually – tightening cap, backed up by penalties for failure to meet targets.
Australia has a severe shortage of vehicles emitting less than demand, as the waiting list shows almost across the board. Such a policy, it says, would give each car company’s Australian sales division more ammunition to move for a greater supply of low-emission electric vehicles.
The argument is that car brands prefer areas where they are fined for EV allocations, offering less financial ‘stick’ to markets like Australia with drag. The term “dumping ground” has already been discontinued …
This was stated by Paul Sansom, Head of Volkswagen Group Australia Care Expert Recently; “If we don’t have that law in the market, they will give priority to the markets they have got. [an emissions reduction scheme specific to cars], Very important to avoid fines. It changes the game completely, it really does. ”
What the author says from several car industry insiders is that the Albanian-led government will probably introduce such a scheme according to its mood, although there are now big fish for frying.
FCAI chief executive Tony Weber said Australia’s light vehicle sector, which accounts for about 10 per cent of transport emissions, needed a CO2 policy in line with global standards that “also takes into account the subtleties of Australian consumer demand”.
“We know that automotive manufacturers around the world respond to strong policy signals when allocating their limited supply to zero and low emission technologies. The goal of a technology-neutral emissions reduction for vehicles is to send signals to Australia, “said Mr Weber.
In response to the lack of a federally-directed target, the Australian automotive industry set up its own voluntary CO2 reduction scheme in 2020. It has no real teeth, so it serves two purposes: public relations, and should be a policy template for any acceptable government.
“Our members recognize the need to fight climate change. In the absence of federal leadership in 2020 we set up our own voluntary scheme that sends a message to manufacturers’ headquarters that Australian motorists want the best low-emission technology, ”Mr Weber added.
“Now is the time for the new Albanian government to work with our members to make this project mandatory so that these new low-emission technologies are available in Australia.
“Any reduction targets must be broad and focus on reducing CO2 so that no specific technology is chosen over others. Our zero emissions will be fully electrified by the end of the future. In hybrids, batteries require a mixture of electric, hydrogen and efficient internal combustion.
“Our message to the government is simple. You give us the target and we will give you the technology to get there. “
Prime Minister Albanese announced a more ambitious 43 percent emission reduction target last week, explaining at a news conference that:
“We announced last December what our policy framework would be. At that time, we have published the most comprehensive modeling of any policy by any of the opponents since the Federation.
“What we didn’t do was set a goal and then decide how to get there. What we’ve done is look at what good policy looks like, and it came out with a 43 percent target by 2030.
“What traders are shouting is the assurance of investment. The assurance that they will have to invest for a longer period than the three-year political cycle, the former government’s thinking, let go of the cycle that dominates the 24-hour media cycle. “
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