Energy Minister Chris Bowen has ramped up his sales pitch for proposed pollution caps on new vehicles, promising motorists living in outer suburban and regional areas could save up to $1800 a year in fewer trips to the bowser. The intervention comes as the Albanese government proposes to introduce fuelContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese has denied tradies and grey nomads could soon be forced to give up their utes and caravans under a plan to overhaul the nation’s fuel efficiency standards. The changes would incentivise the car industry to boost the sales of low and zero emissions vehicles or face fines forContinue Reading
The boss of Mitsubishi Australia has warned carmakers may have no choice but to raise prices on some of the country’s most popular vehicles under the Albanese government’s proposed new emissions standards. Mitsubishi Australia chief executive Shaun Westcott said the Japanese manufacturer — which had two of the top 20Continue Reading
Australian motorists may be forced to pay as much as $13,000 extra for some of the country’s most popular cars under the Albanese government’s proposed new emissions standards. The Ford Ranger, the top-selling car in 2023, would incur a penalty of $6150 under the proposed 2025 CO2 target, according toContinue Reading
Australia’s war on gas guzzling utes in the name of reducing emissions may be putting another species on the endangered list — the grey nomad. The great Australian tradition of caravanning, whether taking in the Great Australian Bight along the Nullarbor Plain or through the red centre to Uluru, willContinue Reading
Jim Chalmers has quashed claims tradies could soon face price hikes on utes under a plan to overhaul the nation’s fuel efficiency standards. The changes would incentivise the car industry to boost the sales of low and zero emissions vehicles or face fines for selling too many fuel-hungry cars. MotoringContinue Reading
Families and tradies could soon face price hikes and fewer choices for popular SUVs and utes, the automotive industry has warned, after new vehicle pollution caps were unveiled. On Sunday, the Albanese government released three potential options for a proposed fuel efficiency standard, slated to take effect next year, whichContinue Reading
Detroit, the home of the US car industry, has opened a stretch of road that wirelessly charges electric vehicles. Fourteenth street, a 400-metre strip of public road just west of downtown Detroit, is claimed to be the first road in the country with inductive charging coils under the bitumen toContinue Reading
Chinese car maker BYD has launched the next stage of its campaign to unseat Tesla as the number one EV brand in Australia, delivering its first Seal sedan at a newly opened service facility in Mascot, Sydney. And the electric sedan’s first customer knows a thing or two about cars.Continue Reading
Green power dominates the 2023 News Corp Australia Car of the Year award. Of the eight cars to make the cut for our finals, four are powered only by electricity and three are hybrids. A solitary diesel ute waves the flag for traditional internal combustion engines. The make-up of ourContinue Reading