EVC对澳大利亚政府的回应—新车辆效率标准影响分析

Department of Infrastructure, Transport,Regional Development, Communications and the ArtsGPO Box 594Canberra ACT 2601 Via email: CleanerCars@infrastructure.gov.au The Electric Vehicle Council’s Response to the Australian Government’sNew Vehicle Efficiency Standard Impact Analysis The Electric Vehicle Council (EVC) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the AustralianGovernment’s New Vehicle Efficiency Standard Impact Analysis. The EVC is the national peak body for the electric vehicle (EV) industry in Australia. Werepresent members across the EV value chain, including car, bus and truck manufacturers,importers, electricity network operators, charging infrastructure suppliers, recyclers, fleets,financiers, retailers, service providers, property owners and charging networks. Our missionis to accelerate the electrification of transport for a sustainable and prosperous future. We congratulate the Australian Government for its leadership in committing to develop awell-overdue New Vehicle Efficiency Standard for Australia. After a decade of inaction,Australia finally has the opportunity to introduce a globally competitive NVES that willdeliver significant reductions in transport costs and emissions for Australian householdsand businesses, and foster the growth of local industry across the EV value chain,supporting jobs across the mining, manufacturing, and energy sectors. A globally competitive standard will support a shift away from our current dependency onforeign oil, to a future where all Australians have access to a wide range of low and zeroemission vehicles, many of which will be powered by Australian-made energy and builtusing Australian-mined materials. A transparent, credible and globally competitive NVES will reward those car makers thatsupply greater volumes of low and zero-emission vehicles to Australia and penalise thosethat do not – exactly as it is intended to do. Those car makers that increase supply soonerwill also be able to capture the financial benefits enabled via a globally competitive NVES. An Australian NVES must also ensure that the transport sector does its fair share incontributing to the achievement of the government’s legislated emission reduction targets.Transport is currently the laggard of emissions reduction in Australia and without a globallycompetitive NVES, transport emissions are unlikely to fall. A weak standard will ultimately shift the burden of harder and faster emissions reductionfrom global car makers to Australian farmers, manufacturers, energy suppliers, householdsandother local businesses.The Electric Vehicle Council supports the AustralianGovernment’s emission reduction targets, and we support the transport sector in doing itsfair share to achieve these targets. With the majority of Australians purchasing second-hand vehicles, our country needs astrong NVES to ensure the most efficient new vehicles are entering our market, as soon aspossible, and are then soon available for purchase as affordable, used vehicles. This is amajor co-benefit of the government’s proposed standard. In addition to responding to the six consultationquestions,we have developed thisattachment with additional information for consideration as the government finalises thedesign of the standard. In summary: -The Electric Vehicle Council commends the government for taking this critical actionthat several previous governments have failed to introduce. The inaction of formergovernments has left Australians paying thousands of dollars more in fuel bills thanthey should be. The current government will be widely supported for righting thiswrong, and setting up a standard that will drive down costs, while providing certaintyto industry over the remainder of the 2020s.-The EVC supports the government’s preferred standard design – Option B.-OptionB is feasible,technology-neutral,can be achieved under a range ofpowertrain uptake scenarios over the second half of this decade, delivers the highestbenefit-costratio under the impact analysis,will drive down fuel costs,andimportantly, will be critical in ensuring the transport sector starts to do its fair sharein contributing to achieve our emission reduction targets.-While the EVC supports Option B as proposed, we recognise that other stakeholdersmay seek adjustments through this consultation process. We have provided ourviews on these potential requests – noting, in general, the EVC views Option B asa floor, rather than a ceiling, both in terms of the initial design, and future reviews.-We look forward to supporting the government in legislating this standard as soonas possible, in line with a start date of 1 January, 2025.-In addition to introducing an Australian NVES in line with Option B, we recommendthe government take further policy action outside of the standard, including: oAllowing the direct acceptance of type-approved electric and hybrid vehiclesfrom major global markets in full volume supply to eliminate another supplyand cost barrier