Policies that reduce registration fees and provide tax benefits to electric vehicle owners have been widely implemented overseas during the past few decades.
Bentleys Tasmania director Robin Allardice says the idea of salary sacrificing for an EV came to him as soon as the environmentally-driven tax legislation became law at the beginning of the financial year.
Based on the remarkable improvements in electric vehicle technology and what has been learned in California and elsewhere, Australia is well placed for rapid market growth.
Introducing international-grade emissions standards would not require a tax and would not require a tax concession. It would merely require regulations of the kind in place elsewhere.
