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Move towards electric vehicles achievable in Australia

is an academic from the University of Sydney鈥檚 who specialises in transport engineering and believes a similar move would be achievable if implemented in Australia.

鈥淚t is great to see Britain taking the lead on banning new internal combustion engine vehicles, which is essential to reduce pollution and carbon emissions. Electrification of the vehicle fleet is coming, as the technology for electric vehicles (EVs) and batteries steadily improves and costs drop with scale, and policy can accelerate the change," said Professor Levinson.

鈥淚t is expected that EVs will be less expensive to buy and operate in the next few years. Unfortunately, Australia has been unwilling to move aggressively on EVs, despite the almost unlimited sunshine providing the opportunity for truly inexpensive renewable power," he said.

鈥淐leaner vehicles will make cities smell nicer, less noisy, and overall more pleasant to be in.

鈥淥ne issue that needs more attention is the charging infrastructure. While people with garages at home can install chargers, those living in multi-family housing and parking on-street will need convenient charging locations. As EVs get more widely deployed, cities will need to build more charging facilities, and petrol stations will need to adapt.鈥�

Transport is Australia鈥檚 second biggest polluter 鈥� petrol car ban necessary for zero-carbon economy

is an academic from the University of Sydney鈥檚 聽who says that while a petrol car ban is necessary for a zero-carbon economy, governments should invest in other clean, public transport alternatives.

鈥淏anning petrol cars is a necessary step towards a zero-carbon economy. Australia has one of the lowest uptakes of electric cars in the OECD, at less than 1 percent of new sales," said Dr Bryant.

鈥淔or electric cars in Australia to make climate sense, we also need to make sure they are powered by renewable energy, not fossil fuels," he said.

鈥淢oves to ban electric cars need to be part of a broader plan to transform the transport sector, which is Australia鈥檚 second highest polluter behind energy.

鈥淕overnments should invest in genuine alternatives to cars, such as public and active transport (walking and cycling), to ensure that clean transport is accessible to everyone.鈥�

Grid capacity must be expanded to accomodate electric vehicles

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贬别谤听聽modelled how many electric cars can be supported by the current Australian grid.

鈥淲e found that the energy grid in Australia could only support a maximum 10 percent penetration of the car market by electric vehicles with an unregulated recharging regime," said Ms Li.

鈥淚f Australia was to adopt targets as ambitious as Britain鈥檚 on electric vehicles, controlled charging and an expansion of the capacity of the grid would be required.鈥�