ACT bans "petrol and diesel" new car sales from 2035

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#298850 21-Jul-2022 13:23

https://www.drive.com.au/news/official-act-to-ban-ice-cars-from-2035/

Following leaked information earlier this week, the Australian Capital Territory has confirmed it will become the nation's first jurisdiction to impose an expiry date on new petrol and diesel car sales.

(Not sure if includes hybrid or not)

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#2944722 21-Jul-2022 13:24

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#2944726 21-Jul-2022 13:36

I guess people from ACT will have to travel north to Goulburn (NSW) to buy their cars. Unless of course they need an import licence to get back into the territory.

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#2944731 21-Jul-2022 13:47

Dingbatt:

I guess people from ACT will have to travel north to Goulburn (NSW) to buy their cars. Unless of course they need an import licence to get back into the territory.

Queanbeyan is closer

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#2944780 21-Jul-2022 14:27

I think Aussie will have a bit of a harder time getting people out of petrol / diesel cars, if not for the simple reason that the place is just bigger, the perception that you might not be able to travel from a to b without an extended pit stop to fill up with electricity would be more of a barrier there than here.

Range anxiety is difficult to overcome and the thought of "in reality, how often will it actually effect me" is difficult to get people to realise, hysteria and panic over rule common sense.

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#2944789 21-Jul-2022 14:34

sen8or:

I think Aussie will have a bit of a harder time getting people out of petrol / diesel cars, if not for the simple reason that the place is just bigger, the perception that you might not be able to travel from a to b without an extended pit stop to fill up with electricity would be more of a barrier there than here.

Range anxiety is difficult to overcome and the thought of "in reality, how often will it actually effect me" is difficult to get people to realise, hysteria and panic over rule common sense.

Good luck driving across the outback in an electric car .

Common sense is not as common as you think.

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#2944806 21-Jul-2022 14:56

vexxxboy:

sen8or:

I think Aussie will have a bit of a harder time getting people out of petrol / diesel cars, if not for the simple reason that the place is just bigger, the perception that you might not be able to travel from a to b without an extended pit stop to fill up with electricity would be more of a barrier there than here.

Range anxiety is difficult to overcome and the thought of "in reality, how often will it actually effect me" is difficult to get people to realise, hysteria and panic over rule common sense.

Good luck driving across the outback in an electric car .

Exactly, why such a chub on for electric. Not suited to everyone nor all budgets.

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#2944813 21-Jul-2022 15:07

Batman:

https://www.drive.com.au/news/official-act-to-ban-ice-cars-from-2035/

Following leaked information earlier this week, the Australian Capital Territory has confirmed it will become the nation's first jurisdiction to impose an expiry date on new petrol and diesel car sales.

(Not sure if includes hybrid or not)

like all the other ev related car bans around the world it means stuff all. its just political feel good than actually do anything. when push comes to shove they can remove the ban faster than they put it in place, hence its meaningless. what matters is what they actually do.

with aussie one of the big issues is there massive reliance on coal fired generation and bed sharing with the fuel companies. fixing those issues will do far more good.

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#2944828 21-Jul-2022 15:44

vexxxboy:

sen8or:

I think Aussie will have a bit of a harder time getting people out of petrol / diesel cars, if not for the simple reason that the place is just bigger, the perception that you might not be able to travel from a to b without an extended pit stop to fill up with electricity would be more of a barrier there than here.

Range anxiety is difficult to overcome and the thought of "in reality, how often will it actually effect me" is difficult to get people to realise, hysteria and panic over rule common sense.

Good luck driving across the outback in an electric car .

Although TBH Driving from somewhere like Adelaide to Perth in a regular ICE car is pretty impossible without significant planning of refuelling and overnight stops....

and you certainly wouldn't go near the outback without something with extra long range tanks etc,

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#2944833 21-Jul-2022 15:55

Shit, when I read this title I thought David Seymour had had an about face.

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#2944841 21-Jul-2022 16:15

Obraik:

Shit, when I read this title I thought David Seymour had had an about face.

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#2944859 21-Jul-2022 17:20

Complete waste of effort to set a date - the market will decide it for you.

When steam-powered cars went out of fashion about a hundred years ago, it was not some idiotic government that decreed it.

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#2944940 21-Jul-2022 18:35

vexxxboy: Good luck driving across the outback in an electric car

For a car, range on a tank is similar at this time.

For a ute with several 44 gallon drums on the back it's not there yet. Interesting exercise to calculate 44 gallon weight vs weight of a portable solar panel rig for enough kwh charging and running the aircon while you're sleeping during the day and driving at night ; ).

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#2944947 21-Jul-2022 19:06

decibel:

Complete waste of effort to set a date - the market will decide it for you.

When steam-powered cars went out of fashion about a hundred years ago, it was not some idiotic government that decreed it.

Ah the fabled market. It sounds great until the market only prices the things you want it to, not all the costs.

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#2944961 21-Jul-2022 19:48

decibel:

Complete waste of effort to set a date - the market will decide it for you.

When steam-powered cars went out of fashion about a hundred years ago, it was not some idiotic government that decreed it.

Yeah, but we also weren't actively trying to combat a climate disaster at the time.

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#2944974 21-Jul-2022 20:41

Obraik:

decibel:

Complete waste of effort to set a date - the market will decide it for you.

When steam-powered cars went out of fashion about a hundred years ago, it was not some idiotic government that decreed it.

Yeah, but we also weren't actively trying to combat a climate disaster at the time.

Which isn't priced into the cost of the fossil fuel vehicles.

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