Australia’s love of utes and SUVs is partly liable for holding again the push to cut back tailpipe emissions, at the same time as gross sales of electrified autos bounce to new heights.
That’s in line with the Nationwide Transport Fee, a government-funded advisory physique primarily based in Melbourne tasked with land transport reform.
It notes that transport accounts for 18 per cent of Australia’s CO2 emissions and says the automobiles we drive “are the biggest contributor”.
Its report this week famous the emissions depth of latest mild autos offered in Australia fell by solely 2 per cent in 2021 regardless of over-indexed development in hybrid and EV uptake throughout the 12 months.
Of all new passenger automobiles offered in Australia final 12 months, solely 45 per cent had an emissions depth of 160 grams per kilometre or much less – in contrast with 90 per cent in Europe.
It is a huge consider why there’s presently a lot lobbying for Australia’s federal authorities to legislate a binding emissions-reduction scheme – like most different developed nations.
The physique claimed elevated gross sales of SUVs and utes in segments “the place there are fewer selections for cleaner autos” was a giant consider tempering emissions cuts.
Gross sales of 4×4 utes grew 24.1 per cent final 12 months and the Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger topped the general charts. The emissions depth for a lot of of those in style autos exceeds 210g/km.
Moreover, gross sales of huge SUVs had been up 22.9 per cent.
As each segments grew quicker than the full market, their market share grew as nicely, and mixed these two segments accounted for 31 per cent of the general new car gross sales tally.
It’s additionally value noting that gross sales within the small automobile section represented 1 / 4 of all gross sales in 2011 however decreased to 11 per cent share by 2021. Meantime, about half of all new automobile gross sales had been SUVs, up from 1 / 4 of all gross sales a decade in the past.
BEV market share in Australia sat beneath 2 per cent final 12 months. This determine was 17 per cent in Europe, 16 per cent in China, 5 per cent in the USA and 4.4 per cent in New Zealand.
That is rising although, with BEVs taking 4×4 per cent market share right here in August – a brand new month-to-month report.
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