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You don’t need 1.6 tonnes of four-wheel craziness to
move one person across town. There are other ways.
DB: So what would that involve?
CJ: Well they could say look you’re not allowed to
sell any vehicle that emits less than one hundred
and five grams of CO2 per kilometre and if you
do want to sell them that’s fine. But there’ll be
a penalty involved in that. You’ll need to pay an
extra levy to cover that or you’ll have to bring in
kind of corporate average fuel economy scheme
something like that. So basically, the challenge is
making sure it’s in the manufacturers best interests
to provide low emissions vehicle to consumers.
DB: Now it’s interesting you published
a piece on the introduction of new age
electric powered scooters earlier this year.
So I guess the AEVA’s interests aren’t just
limited to traditional four-wheel vehicles?
CJ: Yeah I mean we take an interest in electric
airplanes, boats, trucks and any two wheelers
- you name it. And I think some councils have
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actually bought electric scooters as part of their
fleet vehicles and this makes a lot of sense
because they’re free to park and you can park
them anywhere in the city. You can you can drop
off a document, go to a meeting and take off again
and you’re not in having to stump up and manage
parking receipts so that’s a good thing too.
DB: What are you personally driving at the
moment?
CJ: Personally, I’ve transported myself and got
around on scooters and on motorbikes all my life
so there’s real potential from an EV point of view.
I think it’s often forgotten in the discussion about
transport - you don’t need 1.6 tonnes of four-
wheel craziness to move one person across town.
There are other ways.
For more details on the 2019 Sydney
Electric Vehicle Expo and AEVA AGM on
October 26-27 click here.