The latest Electric Vehicle Council’s State of EVs report shows a huge boom in EV sales, but Australia is still miles behind due to policy. EVs now represent 3.39% of all vehicle sales, a 65% increase on 2021, says the report.
Australia’s largest survey of electric vehicle owners has found Tesla drivers are travelling the same average kilometres a year as everyone else.
Australia will languish at the end of the queue for the best and most affordable EVs, and fail to reach net zero, unless it introduces legitimate fuel efficiency standards aligning with those enforced in the US and Europe, says the Electric Vehicle Council.
The Electric Vehicle Council (EVC) says the ACT government’s new zero-emission vehicles strategy is a sensible one which should be replicated across Australia.
The Australian EV sector is dismayed by prime minister Scott Morrison's announcement of yet another taxpayer subsidy for oil, while the EV industry remains ignored, says the Electric Vehicle Council.
The Electric Vehicle Council has a new-look board to help guide the industry forward.
Newly elected Electric Vehicle Council board member and Volkswagen Group Australia (VGA) managing director Paul Sansom says he will campaign for a nationally mandated CO2 target and EV charging capability in new residential and commercial buildings. "Electric Vehicles are the form of personal mobility to meet the demands of urbanisation, sustainability and digitalisation – the three prevailing and irrevocable mega trends of life in our time," Sansom says.
EV demand in Australia is now drastically outstripping supply due to the country still being perceived by global carmakers as an unattractive market, notes the latest State of Electric Vehicles report.
An EV sales boom presents a chance to capture serious electric benefits, if the federal government acts now, Electric Vehicle Council chief executive Behyad Jafari says.
Australian EV truck manufacturer SEA Electric supports the recent policy release by the Electric Vehicle Council (EVC) and the Australian Trucking Association (ATA) regarding the trucking industry’s future.
