Without engaging in this and that, semantics, pasts, presents, and futures, it is clear the industry has a huge investment in ICE vehicles and economics demands they get top returns from that investment. How does that play in this topic? I was reminded of my old topic that is germane to ‘how it works with technology’.
with that topic including a link to, drum roll
While the semantics can be argued ad nauseum as well as the reason it is so, no well honed industry is going to ‘move on’ when it can continue to profit from ‘how it is’. Every year fewer jurisdictions are amenable to ‘how it is’ and act to make that ‘how it was’. Our governments are historically short on pro-activity so here we are.
Governments have taken what appear to be bipartisan positions that dividends and investment from multi-nationals are important so moving on to follow the EU will only be achieved by dragging them not just pushing them along.
Whether one prefers the spin of a’dumping ground’ or “Manufacturers have already expressed concerns that our vehicle emissions standards are making it increasingly difficult to convince their global parent companies that next generation engine technologies, such as hybrids and plug-in hybrids or vehicles fitted with advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and intelligent transport systems (ITS), should be allocated to the Australian market,” the department wrote.
It is the same reality on our roads and showrooms, albeit for different reasons depending on how one frames their words and their viewpoint.
