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I think that is what they mean here as well. I just read what the our local government (I am in the ACT) wants and it is zero green house gases apart from vehicles by 2020, all ACT government vehicles purchased at 2020 to be zero emissions and net zero greenhouse gases for the ACT by 2050. By net could I assume that means enough trees to make up for the CO2 we breathe out and the few ICE cars left by 2050? The ACT seems to want to lead Australia in the green house gases and every now and then there are articles in newspapers with titles such as CANBERRA LEADING AUSTRALIA ON ZERO EMISSIONS VEHICLES. But the ACT is such a small part of Australia so I can't see it making a huge difference unless the rest of Australia follows. I don't want to get into politics but I do wonder if this local push is due to the ACT government being Labor and the Federal Government Liberal.

The ACT will not charge stamp duty on a new electric car which basically drops the price by about 3% and knocks about $100 off the yearly registration. But I think that is the only incentives there are to buying electric. The fact sheet also says that there are 47 models of electric cars in the UK that should be available in Australia soon.

At the start of the year I went to an electric car day but most of the converted cars were very old and in terrible condition, it seemed crazy to spend heaps on converting cars like that to me. I got some company contacts and tried to price an electric car I might want but to build a MGB with an electric motor to run a MX5 gearbox was going to cost $35,000 for the motor, batteries and the extra bits like battery management system etc. and I would still have to source a car and the MX5 gearbox, the estimated top speed of the car was 110kph and the range 150km between charges, and it was about $5000 extra to add enough batteries to get the range to 200km. I thought of a MGB because I thought I could get the suspension and brakes from Frontline and other parts like window rubbers, trim etc. are still readily available so I can have a nice car, not a rattly dinged up 25 year old Mazda 121 with missing door rubbers etc but an electric motor like most of the vehicles at the electric car show. I also talked to the local Frontline distributor about the idea and while he liked the concept he basically said he could build a Abingdon Edition car with the 2.5 310bhp engine for less or use the 2.0 litre 215bhp engine for a lot less and in his view I would get a much better car.

So unless something happens with battery technology the idea still doesn't seem to make economic sense.



There are a few charging points in the ACT put in by the local government but I agree you don't see many of them. I also wonder when those 47 models of electric cars will become available to start using them, I have seen two Tesla S (a red one and a blue one) and a few Nissan leafs but I seriously think the number of electric cars in the ACT is very low, officially there are 300 registered electric cars.

There is a solar farm near me and a wind farm not that far away but I very rarely see them turning. I have been told they angle the blades into the wind so they only turn when the grid needs extra power, it makes me wonder could all the wind farms be turned up and a coal power station turned off?




Yes I am sure that is the reason

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