Electric vehicles

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zonavar68 · 51-55, M

I like the fact that with both petrol/diesel and electric vehicles around it provides *actual choice* but governments and industry are hell-bent on closing that window ASAP because the cash cow attraction of EV's is beginning to take off.

Australia has now legalised a massive emissions reduction target at federal level and some Australian's states/territories are already legislating to ban the sale of petrol vehicles from somewhere in the 2030 to 2040 area (2035 for the ACT where the Australian federal capital city of Canberra is located).

Currently there's no movement on implementing universal road user charges based on km travelled per year and/or maybe also a weight-based charge. NSW currently has a weight based 'motor vehicle tax' added to the actual rego cost.

The fuel excise (44.2 cents per litre for all petrol and diesel grades used in road transport) is a federal tax, and a universal road user charge to capture usage by EV owners (who don't buy petrol or diesel unless it's a hybrid) is still just a pipedream.

One 'good' thing is that the cost of electricity to charge EV's is not cheap, so EV owners think they are getting a great deal but are just being 'green washed'.

PS. One of the biggest emitters is road transport (much bigger than coal-fired and gas-fired power stations!), basically all diesel, and rail transport (outside of QLD all freight rail is diesel). Nobody is addressing that yet. Then there is marine transport. Once again except for military vessels it's basically all fossil-fueled as well.

McGeeisme · 61-69, M

@zonavar68 meh, that's like how they have almost entirely done away with the standard transmission, just make fewer and fewer over a period of about ten years and by the time it is legally required there'll only be a handful of obstinate cranks holding out, insisting they must be given free gasoline or diesel, or cashed out for ten's of thousands more than the price of new electric will be. But really, those will just be a very few, everyone else will be fine examples of how to just get on with it and cease the sniveling. It's all going to be fine, of course.

zonavar68 · 51-55, M

@McGeeisme Yes and everyone expect instant smooth power from a standing start with modern vehicles. That is one thing an EV can do as an inherent factor of how electric motors work. Everything is about 'dumbing down' the driver experience to remove situational awareness and permit 'the car' to be the 'smart partner' in the meld between driver and vehicle.