The Electric Vehicle Council welcomes the Australian Labor Party’s pledge to make electric vehicles more affordable.
Labor has undertaken to introduce an Electric Car Discount to make electric cars cheaper for Australians.
As part of the discount, Labor would exempt many electric cars from:
- Import tariffs – a five per cent tax on some imported electric cars
- Fringe benefits tax – a 47 per cent tax on electric cars that are provided through work for private use
- Work with industry, unions, states and consumers to develop Australia’s first National Electric Vehicle Strategy, including consideration of:
- Further measures to increase electric car sales and infrastructure;
- Policy settings to encourage Australian manufacturing of electric car components (especially batteries) and possibly cars themselves; and
- Ways to address the revenue and policy implications of declining fuel excise
- Consider how the Commonwealth’s existing investment in infrastructure can be leveraged to increase charging stations across the country; and
- Consider how other existing Commonwealth investments, including in its fleet, property and leases, can also be leveraged.