An Australian New Vehicle Efficiency Standard—Frequently asked questions
www.infrastructure.gov.au
What is a New Vehicle Efficiency Standard? A New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (or fuel efficiency standard), incentivises car companies to supply new cars that use less fuel per kilometre. Under a New Vehicle Efficiency Standard, each vehicle manufacturer has a set average CO2 target for the vehicles they produce, which they must meet or beat. Over time, the CO2 target is lowered and in order to continue to meet or beat the target, companies must provide more choices of fuel-efficient, low or zero emissions vehicles.

Looks like we are finally working towards a fuel efficiency standard.

Will be interesting to see what the final details are, especially the year at which manufacturers have to hit zero emissions, and if it’s going to be a linear change to get there or otherwise.

No doubt legacy parts of the industry will be busy lobbying for their own interests instead of the planet’s.

  • tauEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Here’s hoping that they don’t create something like the US, with a perverse incentive towards selling more light commercial vehicles instead of regular cars. I’d rather not end up with even more people running increasingly large dual cab utes as daily drivers.