The average price of an electric vehicle may have to be $31,000 below that of an equivalent petrol passenger car to achieve the government’s take-up targets,a new analysis suggests.
The portion of EVs salary packaged with novated leases has risen to 40 per cent,following a tax change in 2022.
A US-based vehicle maker is set to release a new hydrogen-powered heavy-duty commercial truck designed and assembled in Melbourne.
Some NSW and Victorian motorists could save $1800 a year in fuel costs under a plan to cap motor vehicle pollution,Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen said citing new analysis.
Yarra City Council is being asked to discourage large and heavy vehicles,including imposing “proportionate parking fees” based on a vehicle’s size.
Electric vehicle maker Polestar has joined Tesla in resigning from Australia’s key automotive body in protest over a campaign against looming emissions cuts.
Cutting car emissions will account for only a small part of carbon targets,but it could involve the greatest political risk.
Tesla has severed ties with Australia’s key auto industry group,accusing it of making false claims to try to water down pollution limits for new vehicles.
Independent modelling of proposed fuel efficiency standards suggests the average new car price would rise by as little as 1 per cent.
Australia’s only integrated producer and refiner of natural graphite says it will avoid the meltdown roiling the nickel and lithium sector.
For the past decade,many Apple employees working on the company’s secretive car project knew it was likely to fail.