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A new international report on climate change finds rapid changes could cut emissions from transportation by 80% to 90%. Three behavior change trends could bring big improvements.
Unfortunately, Australians should not expect EVs to suddenly become cheap and easy to get here in the next couple of years unless policy changes.
Proposals to cut Australia’s fuel excise will prolong an already alarming dependence on oil-based imports and undermine policies to shift the nation away from fossil fuels.
Amid another flurry of U.S. protectionist measures, Canada should reconsider the value of global trade deals over bilateral agreements. But it should also support its own industries.
The sale of traditional vehicles would have to cease completely by 2038 to reach the government’s target. So where’s the plan to get there?
It’s encouraging to see the Morrison government move past its claim electric vehicles would ‘end the weekend’. But the new plan is not the national electric vehicle strategy Australia deserves, and badly needs.
If the minority Liberal government is sincere on its election promise, it will adopt a nationwide mandate on zero-emission vehicles.
Electric vehicles deserve government subsidies, but there are even better ways to build greener, less car-dependent cities.
Moving New Zealanders rapidly into electric vehicles is a good idea, but success will still depend on a number of difficult to predict economic forces.
History shows how the states and territories can step into a policy breach when the federal government fails. It’s time they band together on electric vehicles.
A new Morrison government plan sorely misses the point on electric vehicles. It’s in stark contrast to Biden’s ambitious EV strategy.
Making the solutions cheaper – rather than the problems more expensive – could reduce emissions more fairly.
To encourage citizens to drive electric vehicles, governments must develop bold new strategies that bring charging stations home.
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Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology
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E-Mobility Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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St Baker Fellow in E-Mobility, The University of Queensland
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Professor of History, La Trobe University
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Professional Researcher, Electric Vehicle Research Center, University of California, Davis
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Professor of Economics, Director of the Australian Institute for Business and Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Professor, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University
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Director, The Electric Vehicle Research Center, University of California, Davis
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Daniel Sperling is a Friend of The Conversation.
Distinguished Blue Planet Prize Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Founding Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Business, Government and Law, University of Canberra
