{"id":10886,"date":"2021-03-31T01:03:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T01:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=10886"},"modified":"2021-03-31T01:03:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T01:03:54","slug":"labors-electric-car-discount-and-community-battery-plan-to-cut-household-bills-and-emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/03\/31\/labors-electric-car-discount-and-community-battery-plan-to-cut-household-bills-and-emissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor\u2019s Electric Car Discount and Community Battery Plan to Cut Household Bills and Emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nAn Albanese Labor Government will deliver an Electric Car Discount and Power to the People – Community Battery Plan that cuts taxes, unlocks consumer choice, reduces power and fuel costs for families, and cuts emissions.
\nUnder Labor, electric vehicles will be cheaper.
\nJust 0.7 per cent of cars sold in Australia are electric, compared to a global average of 4.2 per cent, and 75 per cent in Norway.
\nA majority of Australians say they would consider buying an electric model as their next car, but because of scaremongering and the policy vacuum under the Morrison government, electric vehicles remain unaffordable for most Australians.
\nLabor will cut government taxes on non-luxury electric vehicles, including import taxes and fringe benefits tax, to give people choice and ensure that more Australians who want electric cars can afford them.
\nBy reducing upfront costs, Labor\u2019s Electric Car Discount will encourage uptake, cutting fuel and transport costs for households and reducing emissions at the same time.
\nLabor\u2019s Electric Car Discount will encourage car makers to supply more affordable electric vehicles to Australia which will in turn increase competition, drive down price and give consumers more choice.
\nAn Albanese Labor Government will also develop Australia\u2019s first National Electric Vehicle Strategy.
\nLabor will pursue policy settings to encourage Australian manufacturing of EV components, and consider leveraging existing Commonwealth investments in its fleet and infrastructure spend to increase electric vehicle stock.
\nAn Albanese Labor Government will also deliver Power to the People \u2013 the community battery plan to cut power bills, support the grid and reduce emissions.
\nAustralian households have been voting with their feet on rooftop solar.
\nOur 1 in 5 solar households is world-leading.
\nBut without battery storage, solar households are still reliant on the grid when the sun isn\u2019t shining.
\nOnly 1 in 60 households have battery storage, because the upfront costs are still just too high.
\nLabor\u2019s Power to the People is a $200 million investment to install 400 community batteries across the country.
\nIt will support 100, 000 households by storing energy from solar households during the day, and drawing on it at night \u2013 reducing power bills, reducing demand on the grid at peak times, and cutting emissions.
\nHouseholds that can\u2019t install solar (like apartments and renters) can participate by drawing from excess energy stored in community batteries.
\nThe technology of the future to cut household bills and emissions is already here, we just need the policy settings to unleash it.
\nWhen it comes to lower power bills and reducing fuel costs for families, Labor is on your side.
\nThat\u2019s exactly what an Albanese Labor Government will deliver.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Labor Leader Anthony Albanese said:<\/h5>\n

\u201cOnly Labor is on your side when it comes to reducing power bills and fuel costs for families.\u201d
\n\u201cLabor\u2019s Power to the People will invest in Australia\u2019s future and help Australia catch up to the rest of the world when it comes to electric vehicles.\u201d\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen said:<\/h5>\n

\u201cLabor\u2019s Power to the People will unlock the full potential of rooftop solar for Australian households \u2013 lower power bills, cut emissions, and help stabilise the grid.\u201d
\n\u201cLabor\u2019s Electric Car Discount will cut government taxes on electric vehicles, and reduce day-to day transport costs and emissions for Australian families.”\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An Albanese Labor Government will deliver an Electric Car Discount and Power to the People – Community Battery Plan that cuts taxes, unlocks consumer choice, reduces power and fuel costs for families, and cuts emissions. Under Labor, electric vehicles will be cheaper. Just 0.7 per cent of cars sold in Australia are electric, compared to … Continue reading “Labor\u2019s Electric Car Discount and Community Battery Plan to Cut Household Bills and Emissions”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}