{"id":7004,"date":"2020-11-25T11:10:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T00:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/?p=7004"},"modified":"2024-07-08T21:03:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T11:03:10","slug":"states-choice-abandon-electric-car-taxes-or-abandon-2050-zero-emission-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/news\/states-choice-abandon-electric-car-taxes-or-abandon-2050-zero-emission-target\/","title":{"rendered":"States\u2019 choice: Abandon electric car taxes? Or abandon 2050 zero emission target?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7004\" class=\"elementor elementor-7004\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-48da8dc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"48da8dc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7952a2e\" data-id=\"7952a2e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19db985 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"19db985\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-12897\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-360x360.png 360w, https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56c10fbe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56c10fbe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ad5a8ff\" data-id=\"7ad5a8ff\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-187b30e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"187b30e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Electric Vehicle Council is urging state governments to clarify whether they intend to\npush forward with electric vehicle taxes or hold to their 2050 zero greenhouse gas\nemissions targets.\n\nNew research from the University of Queensland shows the decision by the governments\nof Victoria and South Australia to slug electric vehicles with new taxes will prevent these\nstates from reaching their goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.\nDr Jake Whitehead&#8217;s research on the impact of such taxes suggest that the move will\nreduce electric vehicle uptake by 50 per cent. But 90 per cent of cars on the roads must\nbe electric by 2050 for zero emission targets to be viable.\n\nElectric Vehicle Council chief executive Behyad Jafari said state governments need to\npick a position.\n\n\u201cState governments need to decide, do they want to introduce a tax on electric cars or do\nthey want to commit to zero emissions by 2050? The research shows unequivocally they\ncannot do both,\u201d Mr Jafari said.\n\n\u201cYou don\u2019t need advanced economics to understand that applying a big new tax on\nsomething discourages its consumption. These proposed state taxes will badly stunt\nAustralia\u2019s electric vehicle uptake before it even had a chance to get started.\n\u201cThese taxes are like replacing declining tobacco excise with a new tax on nicotine\npatches. They are madness. And that\u2019s why a few Australian states are so far the only\njurisdictions in the world silly enough to flag this policy approach at this point in global\nhistory.\n\n\u201cWhat this research makes clear is that we cannot allow State Treasurers to continue\ndeceiving the public. You\u2019re either for an electric vehicle tax or you\u2019re for a 2050 zero\ntarget. 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