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    Replacing 1m petrol cars with EVs could cut Australia’s reliance on foreign fuel by 1bn litres a year

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    2. nath1234 on

      Almost as if we could have listened to science on this and ditched fossil fuels, if we weren’t so utterly beholden to fossil fuel lobby (via the major parties and Nationals, One Notion).

      Better yet, you know what we could do to avoid so much daily demand on fuel:

      * Working from home

      * 4 day working week

      * Rail for goods transport that currently goes into road trains

      * Public transport (this is a big one!)

    3. RR-- on

      I’d love an EV but I can’t charge at home as I can only park my car in the street.

      The UK has solved this problem with Charge Gully and Kerbo Charge cable channels to run the cable under the footpath, but our local councils seem far too slow to legalise this.

    5. Disastrous-Bet757 on

      🤣 ok while I have no problem with EVs, where and who is building the extra power generation capacity that would be able to replace that much energy?

    6. sfcafc14 on

      And power them with what? The sun? Windmills? That’s the stuff of science fiction.

      -One Nation and Nationals Policy makers, probably

    7. DrFriendless on

      Like duh, of course that’s true. Why does the article not mention the $50 billion it would cost to do that, not to mention the several years to get all those vehicles into the country? The slow uptake of EVs is not because it’s not a good idea.

    8. P00slinger on

      Exactly why China has been doing what it’s doing for years.
      They’re expected to hit peak oil consumption in the next few years.

    9. Cybrknight on

      All well and good in the cities. But here in the outback EV’s simply don’t have the range.

    10. b_m_hart on

      It’s not like there’s a lot of sun to power solar for a clean source of energy to power all these cars in Australia.

    12. Thou-hath-sharted on

      Can I buy a EV car as a renter and not have a home charger? Like how does it work if you can’t plug it in at home

    13. liam_gao on

      most of EV, solar products from China. It is hard to bypass China. I do not think government will trust it like Huawei…

    14. Chained_Phoenix on

      I’ve always thought the biggest selling point they could do for EVs in Australia was to say stop supporting foreign oil and start supporting local Aussie power manufacturers.

      Sure we don’t make any cars here but at least we make electricity.

    15. Handsprime on

      I just wish the government would spend money on investing in EVs to the point we can have budget EVs. Sure you have the BYD ATTO 1 which costs about $24K, but it’ll be great if we can get cars at under $20K

    16. BinniesPurp on

      I usually like the guardian but it always leaves a bad taste in my mouth when they say “experts agree” and hyperlink the experts text as if it’s giving evidence in the link, but it just takes you to an advertisement

    17. mn1962 on

      We’ll get there. Forget the politics , it just makes economic sense.
      We just have to ensure energy costs drop. That’s the blocker.

    20. JDMBrah on

      1bn a year? We use that amount in 5-7 DAYS now lol. Its not as great of a saving as people think, but still a step in the right direction.

    22. justpassingluke on

      I’ve got my mum’s old car and it fucking guzzles petrol like it’s an extra in Mad Max. I’d love an EV at this point, even discounting the current state of things.

    24. stoic_slowpoke on

      EV will still wreck the environment and our cities.

      They have the same geometry problem that cars have; we cannot keep consuming all our space for large private vehicles carrying 1 passenger.

      They aslo shed an order of magnitude more microplastics from tyre wear due to being heavier.

      The solution to fuel dependency isn’t moot EVs, it’s straight us removing cars from the road by making alternatives that viable.

    25. insurgent_dude on

      I just like petrol cars more because Im a simpleton who enjoys the sound of a petrol engine but electrics or atleast hybrids would be so much more suited to people who see a car as only a grocery getter or point A to B car.

    26. bante on

      Unfortunately a large proportion of population thinks doing anything good for the environment is gay and they’re terrified of feeling gay.

    28. hairy_quadruped on

      I’ve been driving electric for 6 years,150,000km.

      I charge off my own solar. Road trips I charge at superchargers. My total fuel cost over 6 years: $355

      No servicing costs. One set of new tyres about $1300

      That’s it over 6 years. Never going back to fossil fuel cars