{"id":306657,"date":"2024-03-09T13:22:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T12:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=306657"},"modified":"2024-03-09T13:22:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T12:22:03","slug":"electric-or-bust-aussie-climate-ministers-plan-to-boost-china-and-hurt-us-automakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=306657","title":{"rendered":"Electric or Bust: Aussie Climate Minister\u2019s Plan to Boost China and Hurt US Automakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by Eric Worrall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aussie federal climate minister Chris Bowen plan is to force mainly US ICE manufacturers to buy carbon credits from mainly Chinese EV manufacturers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bowen goes full throttle on electric vehicles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Climate Change and Energy Minister\u2019s most intense battle \u2013 over fuel efficiency standards \u2013 is about to begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jennifer Hewett<\/a> <\/strong>Columnist<\/em>
Mar 7, 2024 \u2013 3.43pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tesla\u2019s Australian representative<\/a> has just exited the board of the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), one of the most vocal critics of the government\u2019s preferred model, and will quit official membership on June 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s after FCAI chief executive Tony Weber\u2019s loud warnings that the strictness of a 60 per cent-plus reduction in emissions over five years will add thousands of dollars to the cost of Australia\u2019s most popular vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its resignation letter, Tesla says such claims are \u201cdemonstrably false\u201d and are likely to deceive or mislead consumers, accusing the association of \u201ccherry-picking the most polluting variants\u201d. It wants the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to investigate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From January 1, manufacturers will have to compensate for their higher-emitting vehicles by importing more fully electric cars, hybrids or other lower-emissions vehicles to meet a target that will reduce every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The alternative is to buy credits from manufacturers that easily meet the target \u2013 such as Tesla and other EV makers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more (paywalled): https:\/\/www.afr.com\/policy\/energy-and-climate\/bowen-goes-full-throttle-on-electric-vehicles-20240307-p5famt<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Federal climate minister\u00a0Chris Bowen<\/a>\u00a0makes regular comedy appearances on WUWT. Bowen is the technological illiterate who told us in 2022 that we can store electricity like water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chris Bowen isn't having any of Uhlmann's 'wind doesn't always blow' rhetoric.

"the rain doesn't always fall either, but we manage to store the water – we can store the renewable energy if we have the investment"#auspol<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/LjJkEr3zJy<\/a><\/p>— Squizz (@SquizzSTK) June 16, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>