Australian policymakers rule out New Zealand’s radical electric-car plan

New Zealand’s ‘carrot and stick’ approach to reducing tailpipe emissions – by penalising utes and SUVs with higher taxes and giving discounts to electric cars – has been ruled out for Australia.


A bold plan by the New Zealand government to increase the tax on utes and SUVs to pay for rebates on electric cars – which has been in force since July 2021 – has been ruled out by Australian policymakers.

New Zealand car-buyers are offered a rebate of up to $NZ7015…

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