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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.
Research shows people want government to restrict excess consumption through regulations, not just to rely on citizens to make better choices.
Petrol prices might not drop back to previous levels as stations look to recoup increasing business costs.
China is powering ahead with EV production, but Chinese EVs might not be ready to face the global market.
South Africa hasn’t achieved its policy objective of deregulating the fuel price because vested interests have opposed this, and the government doesn’t have the political will to implement the policy.
Australians are ready to embrace electric vehicles - but an emissions ceiling would speed up the transition dramatically.
Electric cars are hailed as the best way to cut transport emissions, but it’s an illusion to think we can reduce our environmental impact without changing the way we design and move about in cities.
Electric cars are expensive in Australia partly because European emission standards reward manufacturers for selling them there. There’s an obvious fix.
Electric vehicle sales are booming and coal power is dwindling, but structural obstacles to net zero remain.
A steadily-tightening emissions car ceiling of the kind common in other countries could save drivers money and do the bulk of the work needed to reach Australia’s first emissions target.
Electric cars are still more resilient to price shocks than vehicles running on fossil fuels.
China used to only make Soviet cars under licence. Now it’s taking on Tesla.
Some lithium-ion batteries can now propel a car 250 miles on a ten-minute charge.
Electric vehicles deserve government subsidies, but there are even better ways to build greener, less car-dependent cities.
Eight in ten of these surveyed by the Economic Society of Australia say it’s the role of government to smooth the transition.
With an average shelf life of nine years, the coming tsunami of waste EV batteries needs action now.
Transport is the one sector where Australia hasn’t reined in the growth in greenhouse gas emissions. Electric cars will cut emissions but still leave us with all the other problems of car use.
In 2007 Malcolm Turnbull turned off an industry’s life support without blinking. It’s time for Australia to do it again.
A plan to use swappable batteries in long-haul electric trucks highlights how freight is starting to move away from fossil fuels.
Electric vehicles can have more than one source of power, meaning they can be controlled better.



















