‘Thought bubble response’: Treasurer floats $5000 electric vehicle rebates but critics pan scheme

Credit:Mr Bartsch said “parochial” state-based policies like this one, coupled with the federal government’s unwillingness to countenance emissions targets, would ensure other markets were prioritised for the production of electric vehicles.

Mr Jafari said subsidies should be available to 100,000 new electric vehicles, which would represent about 2 per cent of all cars in Victoria, and be in line with other jurisdictions in Europe and the US. He drives about 600 kilometres on a tank of fuel, which costs about $60, and if the tax was introduced he would pay an additional $10 per tank.

On Thursday, NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet flagged imposing a distance-based tax on electric vehicles but not before a more substantial take-up of the technology to avoid impeding early growth.

perkinsmiki When will the Vic gov stop waist if our money. These fools won’t be in gov next time around and they will have such a hell of a time undoing all the crap labour has come up with again

perkinsmiki Hybrids too?

perkinsmiki so, the early adopters (me) get our pissy $100 rebate and that's it? Weak.

perkinsmiki Governed by morons . Give a one thousand dollar bicycle voucher .

perkinsmiki timpallas have you gone stark raving mad? Whose idiot brainwave was this EV road tax? FFS go back to your coming sense policies not this stupidity. auspol2021 MSM springst

perkinsmiki The world is fast moving towards EVs…..bizarrely the Victorian Government looks to move backwards….Australia has the opportunity to be a world leader in Green energy & EVs….but for some reason fighting hard to be an also ran….even more bizarre

perkinsmiki Nah no thanks ya green tossers

perkinsmiki Bribery to distract the public. But all road vehicles must pay their part. Roads cost a lot to build and maintain. User pays.

perkinsmiki The people complaining about a tax on elex vehicles are probably the ones complaining about cyclists not paying rego. Just a thought that passed through my fuzzy with flu mind.

perkinsmiki Waste of money. Electric vehicle owners save money off daily usage, don’t contribute to excise tax (used to maintain the roads they drive on). And, by 2030 every major car manufacturer will only be producing electric cars. Some starting in the next couple of years.

perkinsmiki Stupid

perkinsmiki Just cancel the tax rather than have a tax plus a refund

perkinsmiki They have no clue auspol

perkinsmiki Madness! Come on DanielAndrewsMP and Labor just say no...

perkinsmiki Kev's back. More brain farts.

perkinsmiki To be recharged from coal power generation.

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