The Electric Vehicle Council congratulates Treasurers across the country for agreeing that future road user charges \u201cshould be designed to not deter the continued take-up of electric vehicles.\u201d<\/p>\n
This commitment gives long-needed certainty and shows that EV adoption remains a national priority.<\/p>\n
It enables fair, future-focused tax reform that supports, rather than hinders, Australia\u2019s shift to cleaner, cheaper transport.<\/p>\n
The position sends a strong market signal to manufacturers, investors, and consumers: Australia is backing EV growth. Global markets with strong EV uptake consistently pair tax reform with support for cleaner transport and Australia is now aligning with that direction.<\/p>\n
The EVC has worked closely with governments on this issue and welcomes this clear leadership from Treasurers across jurisdictions.<\/p>\n
We commend the Treasurers for their leadership and look forward to working with them to ensure all future road-user charges support clean, affordable, and mainstream EV adoption across Australia.<\/p>\n
Electric Vehicle Council CEO Julie Delvecchio said:<\/strong>\u00a0“This confirms that EV adoption is a national priority for Treasurers across the country and must be supported through sensible, future-focused reform.<\/p>\n “This position sends a strong, positive signal to manufacturers, investors, and consumers that Australia is backing the growth of electric transport.<\/p>\n \u201cAn Australian fleet made up of energy-efficient vehicles powered by low-cost, home-grown energy just makes sense.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s important that a road user charge for cars is well-designed and properly-timed; that means one charge must apply to all cars and it must only be introduced when 30 per cent of all new car sales are battery electric.<\/p>\n \u201cWe caution against a road user charge trial that targets electric trucks and other heavy vehicles. Such a road user charge at such an early stage of the transition would stall the shift to clean freight, drive up trucking costs, and set back Australia\u2019s emissions goals.<\/p>\n \u201cMore operators are recognising the value of electric heavy vehicles, but the transition is only just beginning. Electric trucks already face the commercial obstacle of higher sticker prices – adding a tax on top will remove all the advantages that come from a lifetime of fuel savings.\u201d<\/p>\n The Electric Vehicle Council congratulates Treasurers across the country for agreeing that future road user…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-releases"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19362,"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19361\/revisions\/19362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}