Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car road tax

Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by somesortofsystm on Saturday November 21, 2020 @01:49PM (#25171772)

I dunno, I think this is a pretty draconian imposition by a state known for its decadence in a country that used to like to think it was a leader in building new infrastructure in tough conditions.

With all the energy resources at Australians' disposal, it sure seems off-kilter to not be rewarding those who chose to go more efficient.

Would that there were Australias own local industry capable of competing with Tesla .. and I say that as a once-proud Australian.

With a local industry leading the way, as usual, the Australian government could get a clue.

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Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by lopmotr on Saturday November 21, 2020 @06:59PM (#25173659)

They will be rewarded. It's half the tax of petrol vehicles and the fuels is also much cheaper on top of that.

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Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by somesortofsystm on Sunday November 22, 2020 @03:52PM (#25180975)

The point is, Australia could move off fossil fuels quicker than most other countries, and has one of the biggest motivators for doing so - its environment.

However, the will of the people is not there. Or at least, the technology to disrupt Australia's coal and oil junkies, isn't there.

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