Australia Institute
The Australia Institute has welcomed the decision from the South Australian Government not to introduce an electric vehicle tax in July of this year.
“The Australia Institute welcomes the decision of the South Australian Government, but a delay of one year is not enough,” said Noah Schultz-Byard, SA Director at The Australia Institute.
“This EV tax debacle has already seen the approach taken in South Australia and Victoria become a warning to other jurisdictions across the country.
“Only a commitment to properly supporting the uptake of EVs in the state and permanently ruling out this tax will give the community the confidence that it needs to transition away from fossil fuelled cars.
Industry, not policies, should decide the course of electric mobility
th Mar 2021 8:00 am
Aston Martin’s former CEO, Dr Andy Palmer, suggests that the industry should be free to experiment and choose the best zero emissions tech to meet regulations.
Castrol 0 Comments Electrification is fast becoming the dominant force of change in the auto industry the world over. And though the need for the shift towards electric mobility is undisputed, the ‘how’ and ‘when’ do throw up plenty of debate. At the recent EV Forum organised by our sister publication Autocar Professional, Dr Andy Palmer, Chairman, Switch Mobility and former CEO of Aston Martin, said, “While we must be single-minded in the journey to zero emissions, we must not be myopic.” He went on to say, “My problem with legislation is that, frankly, politicians aren t qualified to mandate the solution. If they mandate the solution, they make mistakes.”
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Texas residents have faced thousands of dollars in unexpected electric bills from an unprecedented winter storm last month.
But it’s unlikely California PG&E customers would experience similar spikes due to outages.
Utility price surges in Texas come from two things: the type of market and its level of regulation.
Many Texas energy companies are part of a wholesale electricity market, so prices fluctuate with supply and demand.
This means electricity companies pay the wholesale cost of electricity and pass that cost along to customers.
According to the California Public Utilities Commission, or CPUC, the retail energy market in Texas is deregulated. So companies aren’t obligated to maintain consistent prices.
U.S. utilities need to invest in so-called "make-ready" infrastructure to promote electric vehicle use, which includes wiring parking lots to support vehicle charging, company and government officials urged at the world's largest energy conference on Thursday.