Over 500 individuals, businesses and groups have responded to the consultation on the first Australian electric vehicle strategy and it has made it clear that the Australians want to now enter the bandwagon.
In the month of September, the federal government had launched the consultation for this strategy which according to the government has been designed for improving the supply, affordability and uptake of the electric vehicles.
The for the submissions closed on the 31st of October as the departments received over 500 entries which covered more than 1200 organizations along with 1500 individuals.
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As per the authorities, there were positive responses in the favor of making a transition to the electric vehicles with the authorities saying that they are happy by the strong advocacy which they have seen to transform Australia into an electric vehicle powerhouse.
Government is going to be working through submissions in an intuitive way in the coming weeks as per the authorities.
Though, the complete list of the entries has not been made available, it has been reported that the authorities are not in favor of a complete ICE ban for the country to the amount it is there in the regions like California and Europe
Fundamentally, as per reports the AADA is opposed to the ban on ICE vehicles due to the potential of adverse consequences for the Australian consumers and the industry along with the people it employs.
There are many variables which could potentially cause a problem when it comes to the banning the ICE vehicles. There is a lot of uncertainty around the ability of the industry to meet the demand of the electric vehicles which means there are similar concerns around when there is price parity for the electric vehicles. There are consumers who might not be able to afford the electric vehicles.