{"id":7448,"date":"2021-04-22T09:36:14","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T23:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/?p=7448"},"modified":"2024-07-08T21:03:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T11:03:09","slug":"25-organisations-open-letter-victoria-ev-tax-worst-ev-policy-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/news\/25-organisations-open-letter-victoria-ev-tax-worst-ev-policy-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Organisations Open Letter: Victoria EV Tax Worst EV Policy in the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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An unlikely group of 25 companies and organisations, including car manufacturers, auto groups, electrical infrastructure companies and environmental groups have come together to publish an open letter to the Victorian parliament calling on them to vote against Victoria\u2019s regressive electric vehicles tax.<\/p>\n

The letter, which appears as a full-page advertisement in The Age, highlights that the Andrews Government\u2019s proposed tax on electric vehicles is the only stand-alone electric vehicle tax in the world.<\/p>\n

Prominent signatories of the open letter include Hyundai, Volkswagen, Uber, Jet Charge, the Electric Vehicle Council, Solar Citizens, Environment Victoria, Doctors for the Environment Australia and the Australia Institute.<\/p>\n

\u201cVictoria is already massively behind comparable jurisdictions in the US, the UK, and across Europe in terms of electric car uptake. This tax will exacerbate the yawning gap,\u201d said Behyad Jafari, CEO of the Electric Vehicle Council.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cFar from being on track to achieving net zero emissions by 2050, emissions from transport are rising in Victoria. This is the wrong time to tax zero emissions vehicles,\u201d Mr Jafari said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Victorian Government is helping households install cleaner solar energy, and they should be leading the charge and making it easier for Victorians to invest in cleaner transport,\u201d said Ellen Roberts, National Director of Solar Citizens.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cJust like rooftop solar, we want to see electric vehicles become more affordable for everyday Australians. But this tax on cleaner vehicles will just jam on the handbrake,\u201d Ms Roberts said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPenalising electric car owners because they don\u2019t consume petrol that pollutes the atmosphere and our environment is absurd. Our research shows that there are a range of policies that support the uptake of EVs which are very popular the public. These include offering loans for electric vehicle purchases, building more charging stations and removing the Luxury Car Tax on zero emissions cars ,\u201d said Richie Merzian, climate & energy program director at the Australia Institute.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is somewhat disingenuous to suggest that roads are funded by the fuel excise, as those funds are collected by the Federal Government and go towards general revenue. If the State Government is looking to increase revenue, there are far better ways to go about it that don\u2019t disincentivise the use of electric vehicles,\u201d Mr Merzian said.<\/p>\n

\u201cVolkswagen does not ask for incentives to import zero emission vehicles, rather for the abandonment of such disincentives such as this ill-conceived anomaly of a tax,\u201d said Michael Bartsch, Managing Director of Volkswagen Group Australia.<\/b><\/p>\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<\/div>\n\t\t

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