ACT Banning Petrol and Diesel New Car Sales from 2035

tanksinatra on 19/07/2022 - 06:45
Last edited 22/07/2022 - 00:48 by 1 other user

Apparently the ACT is looking to become the first Australian state to set a firm end date for the sale of petrol and diesel-powered new cars.
The ban would be the first of its kind here in Australia, and will come into force in 2035.
We don't have any details on this plan or how it would be enforced.
I'd be interested to know if this would cover utes and other commercial vehicles.

https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/act-banning-petrol-die…
https://www.drive.com.au/news/act-to-ban-petrol-diesel-cars-…

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Comments

  • [Deactivated] on 21/07/2022 - 23:41
    +1

    Great, did they also say how many new power stations they're going to build by 2035 to compensate demand and what exactly they're going to burn in them?

  • Nillionaire on 21/07/2022 - 23:44

    Go ACT! Show those coastal states who's boss!

  • Thorn69 on 22/07/2022 - 18:55
    -1

    oh yes> battery replacment costs more than the car, go on please, then get told the grid cannot handle the cars, and sky rocketing electricity prices, govern me harder daddy

    but as evs become more common so will spontanious combustion of the things i live in japan and see these go up in flames from the smallest hit or while charging, flames spread to other cars and woooof they are gone too

  • CuteWittleCorgi on 23/07/2022 - 01:51

    Should be 2025. Australia-wide

    • Hackney on 23/07/2022 - 05:31

      In ‘your opinion’.

      • CuteWittleCorgi on 23/07/2022 - 09:10

        My opinion and the rest of the world’s. Just. Move. On.

        • plmko on 23/07/2022 - 09:25

          The rest of the world is either on fire, at war or still debating abortions. Not sure if I'd follow

        • Hackney on 23/07/2022 - 13:27

          Again ‘in your opinion’.

        • franco cozzo on 30/08/2022 - 05:52

          dont complain. accept less freedom. do not resist the great reset.

    • Mondorock on 24/07/2022 - 08:23

      And how do people who have no choice but to park on the street charge their cars?

      • Euphemistic on 24/07/2022 - 10:36

        That’s a problem that will be slowly overcome with light pole chargers. European s are doing this already.

        Aussies will focus on the easy options first, garages and carparks.

    • franco cozzo on 30/08/2022 - 05:51

      no it shouldnt be…but it probably will

  • Mondorock on 24/07/2022 - 08:22

    This is terrible for anyone who parks on the street - how will they charge their car? I suppose Canberra doesn't have any Victorian/Edwardian houses (which tend to lack off street parking), but still there must be some people who have to park on the street?

    • Hackney on 24/07/2022 - 10:20

      It’s not very common, a lot of the newer suburbs you can find cars parked on the streets.That comes down to them having the double garages full of their crap.

    • Euphemistic on 24/07/2022 - 10:41

      For many, they’ll modify their current practice of going to a servo to fill up to getting a charge while shopping or at work or literally going to a spark station (servo).

      The way things are developing, in 13 years fast chargers will give your vehicle a charge in a similar time to going to the servo to fill up with liquid fuel.

      • Mondorock on 24/07/2022 - 10:52

        Except that people who live in the inner suburbs and park on the street, tend to shop in the inner suburbs where you also have to park on the street. And they very likely take public transport to work so no option to charge there either. I suppose eventually they'll put chargers on the streets in shopping areas, but there won't be nearly enough for every car. They might install one for every 10 cars, which means people will be fighting over them. Same goes for shopping centre car parks too.

        • Euphemistic on 24/07/2022 - 13:15

          Supply will meet demand. There’s not much around now because there’s so few electric cars.

          Look at Norway. Last year EVs were something like 80% of new sales. They’ve build a charging network suited to inner city terrace housing, and it works. We can follow their lead. Slow uptake in Australia means we get to learn lessons from others.

          Of course it’s going to be more difficult to charge an EV if you don’t have off street parking, but then it’s also difficult just to park a petrol car in those areas. The majority of cars in those areas wouldn’t do big kms either because most people who live in those areas also work and socialise there. Less charging is required than for someone in the burbs with a 40min commute.

          • tonyjzx on 25/07/2022 - 12:20

            @Euphemistic: futher norway is an oil and fossil fuel exporter… and that sovereign wealth fund

            sounds like something an unlucky country would do, lucky countries export natural gas but cant make DPF adblue

            i think and EV suits certain people, ie. lots of people

            i fuel up once a fortnight really… i generally drive less than 25km a day… i dont have a place to charge unless i run a cable from the 2nd floor

            i could like charge once a fortnight on a car with 300km range… there's a paid charger like less than a km away

            i think i could manage it… for the price of never having to pay for petrol again, kinda worth it

  • YoungQuan on 27/07/2022 - 11:35

    Enjoy having your car privileges turned off once your social credit score dips below the 'minimum good citizen' standard.

    • franco cozzo on 30/08/2022 - 05:50
      +1

      indeed…the digital technocracy awaits

  • lamparnon77 on 28/07/2022 - 00:21

    they might be much more efficient by then

  • pennypincher98 on 01/08/2022 - 20:39

    In 13 years no one is going to be able to afford the price of petrol at this rate and will be forced to adopt

  • Fundies on 19/08/2022 - 21:42

    Why bin ice cars ? They only had to mandate fuel efficiency targets ( proper ones ) , and a 50% greenhouse emissions reduction from vehicles could be realistically reached in maybe a decade or so. Yes, promote ev and hybrid, fuel cell and whatever else floats your boat. Can’t say I’ll be sad to see the end of 20l/100km shit box V8’s. ( my neighbours two for example ).

  • Tiredman on 30/08/2022 - 11:35

    I have an EV charged with solar and an ICE car. Will be interesting when half the world moves to EV and the petrol prices drops 70% which makes ICE cars incredibly attractive again, assuming no government intervention. Ideally i want to always have an ICE car.

    • franco cozzo on 30/08/2022 - 12:15

      nah way….well be paying $5 a litre by then and theyll be discouraging it as much as possible

    • Euphemistic on 30/08/2022 - 12:21
      +1

      I can’t see petrol going too low. They will start putting pollution taxes onto it to keep it high once EVs become more mainstream.

      • franco cozzo on 30/08/2022 - 12:23

        ….bingo. incentive taxation

    • y33tcity on 30/08/2022 - 14:22
      +1

      petrol prices are fairly inelastic atleast in australia which means the oil companies can just set the price to whatever they want becuase we'll buy it which is what they've already been doing. they've been reporting record profits this year and will only keep milking it until they can't sell it to us anymore.

  • shoppe on 14/09/2022 - 13:09

    Ban the sale of ice cars! LOL. If they were serious they would ban the sale of petrol and diesel. Not sure what they're going to say to anyone who owns a petrol station.

    • Euphemistic on 14/09/2022 - 13:56

      It’s a transition plan. If we ban petrol and diesel then anyone (most of us) who can’t afford an EV won’t be able to drive and systems are currently built on driving.

      • shoppe on 14/09/2022 - 14:07

        If you cannot afford an EV then you should move to NSW, or catch public transport. Maybe you can afford a escoot or ebike.

        • Euphemistic on 14/09/2022 - 15:04

          You might be shocked to find out that many manufacturers will be stopping ICE production around 2035 as well.

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