NSW and Victorian motorists in outer suburban and regional areas would save as much as $1800 a year in fuel costs under the government’s plan to cap motor vehicle emissions for new cars, under new analysis championed by Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen.
In a bid to strengthen his case with motorists who are more likely to face longer commutes in petrol cars, Bowen is using new analysis prepared by his department to argue they could save hundreds of dollars more. Australia is the only developed country apart from Russia that does not impose mandatory pollution caps. Bowen has asserted Australia has become a dumping ground for dirtier, inefficient cars due to the lack of pollution caps, and that new passenger cars in Australia use 15 per cent more fuel than in New Zealand, 20 per cent more than in the US, and 40 per cent more fuel than in the EU.
“Putting a standard across an average fleet, it really requires the manufacturers to send us more of their more efficient cars, that inevitably leads to more choice, including at the more affordable end of the spectrum,” Bowen said. “If somebody wants to go and buy a D-Max, or they want to go and buy a LandCruiser, or BT-50, or a HiLux, or a Ranger, whatever it might be, the government shouldn’t be applying a new tax to those vehicles to make it look more attractive to buy an electric vehicle,” Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said after visiting a Toyota dealership in Perth last week.
The heated political debate has triggered a split among car manufacturers, with electric vehicle maker Polestar last week joining Tesla in resigning from the FCAI in protest against what it says is a deliberate campaign to slow the shift to electric cars and weaken new pollution limits.
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