Fading US climate leadership opens door for Australia
Australia could end up with cheaper electric cars and renewed opportunities for green manufacturing as United States' climate leadership goes on hiatus.ground.news
Electric Vehicle Council head of policy, legal and advocacy Aman Gaur said Australia could end up with cheaper electric cars if fewer vehicles were destined for the US market.
Mr Gaur said some of the vehicles manufacturers had earmarked for the US would end up in Australia, noting adjustments from left-hand drive to right-hand drive was already possible and becoming easier.
Manufacturers would then compete hard for market share, further weighing on prices already falling as more models become available and Australia’s vehicle efficiency standards kick in.
“If we have cheaper electric cars, more, say, middle Australia will be into them, which means that they will save a few thousand dollars a year but it also means we can hit those climate reduction targets as quick as possible,” he told AAP.
Overall, Assoc Prof Downie said Australia’s capacity to reduce its own emissions should be more or less the same under the US policy shifts flagged so far.
All very nice, but we really need the USA to reduce their emissions if you want to lower the actual global impact of CO2.
If the world goes into meltdown, all the Norwegians ( for example ) will have to show for their good work is the ability to say " we didn't do it ".
