EV Central

MARCH 26, 2024

Australia is on schedule to have a CO2 reduction scheme for motor vehicle in place by January 1 2025. Hyundai calls for more EV support under Labor’s new CO2 reduction scheme READ MORE: It’s a green light for electric vehicles! Aussie CO2 standard tough on Toyota, SUVs and utes READ MORE: Get out of the way diesel!

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CO2 Toyota SUV Isuzu 110

EV Central

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

If Australia does legislate an internal combustion engine ban in 2035 Nissan says it will be ready to comply. But more recently it has struggled to gain access to EVs because of the absence of a federally mandated CO2 emissions reduction structure and purchase subsidies. The Nissan Ariya could be in Australia in 2023 … or not.

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Nissan Australia CO2 Sale 111

Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2020

As expected, the combination of fewer diesel registrations and more SUVs continued to have an impact on emissions. g/km, almost half that produced by diesel and petrol vehicles. At group level, Nissan Group, Renault Group, Mitsubishi and Suzuki posted average emissions lower than the total market’s average of 121.8

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SUV Emissions Diesel Europe 221

EV Central

MAY 1, 2024

GWM currently sells hybrid variants of its Haval Jolion small SUV, Haval H6 mid-size SUV, Tank 300 4×4 SUV and Tank 500 seven-seat 4×4 large SUV. litre turbo petrol-hybrid offering a mighty 255kW and 648Nm of torque. Aussies bought more H6s than they did Nissan X-Trails in 2023.

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PHEV Australia Plug-in Plug 105

EV Central

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

After years of waiting Australia will have a CO2 emissions standard by January 1 2025 officially encouraging the purchase of electric vehicles if an ambitious Albanese Labor government timetable comes to pass. A Nissan Patrol emitting 334g/km would cop a massive $19,300 penalty. per cent per annum on average from 199g/km to 81g/km.

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CO2 Standards Toyota Light 98

Push EVs

JANUARY 5, 2023

Petrol vehicles also saw a relative sales surge ahead of increased emissions taxes. PHEV’s relatively low share was not due to their fall in volume, rather that the volume of BEVs and petrol vehicles were much higher than usual. Petrol vehicle volumes were 4x to 5x recent seasonal norms. The first is a weight tax of 12.5

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Norway Sale Tax Petrol 59

Push EVs

MAY 9, 2023

All other powertrains lost volume YoY, with petrol-only vehicles at their 2nd lowest volume of the modern era (just 112 units), and 3rd lowest share ever, just 1.25% of the auto market. Looking at unit volumes, against the background of a 7.7% overall market drop YoY, BEVs grew volume by 3.7% to 7,471 units. Let’s see how it gets on.

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Norway Plug-in Market Plug 59