I was taken by this piece at the ABC about the surge in sales of electric cars in the outer suburbs. It was one of those ‘D’oh!’ moments when I read it. Of course, it makes sense. Petrol is really fucking expensive right now, and people living in the outer suburbs are the ones getting smacked hardest because they have to drive so far to work, often grinding for hours through gridlock.
If I were advising the government I'd tell them to start pitching their fuel standards legislation as an enabler of a bigger EV market in this country and watch Dutton's support fall apart. Manufacturers are dumping their ICE models here in order to sell EVs into markets with stricter fuel standards than we have, which is why our EV market is so limited (all the available stock is going to Europe and the US).
i think i saw isuzu saying they would pull out of the Australian market because of the what i previously understood to be pretty weak emissions standards and i thought "huh, good riddance" it sounded like someone having a fit and taking their bat and ball home. Assuming they will try and sell their car in some other market . . . . . . (obviously not europe lol)
First place I saw a lot of EVs was Europe, and most were taxis. If you can cut running costs by 80% why wouldn't you? I don't understand why it hasn't happened here. Are hybrid camrys really so efficient? Wouldn't have thought so. Ubers are often BYDs now, so it's happening.
Read a good article in the IEEE Spectrum today about the ev market in China. They're exploring all market niches, designs and battery chemistries. Lots going cheaper with smaller range and lighter weight. US manufacturers are panicking that they've backed the wrong horse with all their wood behind an electric Humvee.
it reminds me of a theory i have about solar panels and buying electricity from the grid - they have to balance how much they screw people over because they'll put themselves out of business. Solar panels make sense in most cases unless you are renting (who wants to fork out for this when you are likely to get an eviction notice in a years time when someone needs to offload a house from their portfolio) and i would assume is the only thing propping up the use of grid supplied electricity. Shame you can't take them with you when you have to move.
One option would be to require landlords to install solar panels on their rental properties as part of a national rental accommodation standard requiring properties to be properly insulated, air conditioned, heated etc. The dodgiest ones will immediately sell their properties (either to renters or more responsible landlords) and get out of the slumlord business, which would be a boon to all.
The fault in your logic is that the people passing the law requiring better conditions are the nations largest landlord and so most exposed to the cost of upgrades.
If I were advising the government I'd tell them to start pitching their fuel standards legislation as an enabler of a bigger EV market in this country and watch Dutton's support fall apart. Manufacturers are dumping their ICE models here in order to sell EVs into markets with stricter fuel standards than we have, which is why our EV market is so limited (all the available stock is going to Europe and the US).
i think i saw isuzu saying they would pull out of the Australian market because of the what i previously understood to be pretty weak emissions standards and i thought "huh, good riddance" it sounded like someone having a fit and taking their bat and ball home. Assuming they will try and sell their car in some other market . . . . . . (obviously not europe lol)
First place I saw a lot of EVs was Europe, and most were taxis. If you can cut running costs by 80% why wouldn't you? I don't understand why it hasn't happened here. Are hybrid camrys really so efficient? Wouldn't have thought so. Ubers are often BYDs now, so it's happening.
Read a good article in the IEEE Spectrum today about the ev market in China. They're exploring all market niches, designs and battery chemistries. Lots going cheaper with smaller range and lighter weight. US manufacturers are panicking that they've backed the wrong horse with all their wood behind an electric Humvee.
I live in regional NSW, but still driveable to Sydney every day if you had to. I see a lot of EVs around here, so I can only concur.
it reminds me of a theory i have about solar panels and buying electricity from the grid - they have to balance how much they screw people over because they'll put themselves out of business. Solar panels make sense in most cases unless you are renting (who wants to fork out for this when you are likely to get an eviction notice in a years time when someone needs to offload a house from their portfolio) and i would assume is the only thing propping up the use of grid supplied electricity. Shame you can't take them with you when you have to move.
One option would be to require landlords to install solar panels on their rental properties as part of a national rental accommodation standard requiring properties to be properly insulated, air conditioned, heated etc. The dodgiest ones will immediately sell their properties (either to renters or more responsible landlords) and get out of the slumlord business, which would be a boon to all.
The fault in your logic is that the people passing the law requiring better conditions are the nations largest landlord and so most exposed to the cost of upgrades.
Clearly this is why I'm neither a landlord or in government 🤣
absolutely. But imagine the uproar, it would require politicians to grow a backbone maybe bringing them up to equivalent with a slug...