Tag: electric vehicles

Major Project Status for WA battery plant

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Perth-based battery material manufacturer EcoGraf has secured Major Project Status for its battery anode materials facility in Western Australia, paving the way for expedited government approvals. Founded in 2005,...

Labor’s recharged EV policy a good ‘first step’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Labor has returned electric vehicles to the policy fray, unveiling a new strategy to drive uptake by cutting taxes and sending thousands of electric powered cars to the second-hand...

Electric vehicles are back on the Labor agenda

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Labor will again push for an increased uptake of electric vehicles at the upcoming election with a range of tax cuts, while the government has turned its attention to...

Electric vehicle tax is bad policy, denies reality

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A new tax in Victoria on the use of electric vehicles is a bad policy that will disincentive use of the technology and put Australia even further behind the...

Electric vehicles, made in South Australia

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia has an opportunity to be an exporter of electric vehicle technology and drive its modern manufacturing industry, according to ACE-Electric Vehicle Group managing director Greg McGarvie. This month’s...

Kim Carr gets back into car making

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Kim Carr has doubled down on Labor’s support for the local electric vehicles sector, announcing a $57 million pledge to help build a new local automotive industry centred on...

Electric vehicles: Too little, too late

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government’s one-page commitment to develop an electric vehicles strategy, without any new policies, is “too little, too late” as Australia risks missing out on significant opportunities, according to...

Electric car policy ‘weak and shallow’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Senate committee’s recommendations for increasing the uptake of electric vehicles in Australia were “shallow and weak”, according to one of the independent senators involved in writing its report. The...

Gupta eyes an electric Lazarus

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Just when you thought vehicle manufacturing in Australia had gone the way of the dodo, billionaire UK investor Sanjeev Gupta has popped up with a bid to buy some of...