Final month, the Victorian authorities, cancelled the state’s EV rebate program in a shock transfer. The state of Victoria was providing residents a $3,000 rebate for the acquisition of electrical autos as a part of the beforehand titled Zero Emission Automobile (ZEV) program, but it surely got here to an finish on June 30.
Now a reader of The Pushed, Chris M, has shared information that prospects have obtained an electronic mail doubtlessly masking the way forward for the scheme.
The e-mail asks current recipients of the rebate program to fill out a survey that might assist “enhance this system”.
“We want to hear how your expertise of buying a ZEV with a ZEV subsidy program rebate. Your helpful suggestions will assist us enhance this system and make it simpler for Victorians to entry the rebate and drive in direction of a renewable power future.”
It additional highlights the advantages of this system in serving to extra Victorians purchase a cleaner EV and the way recipients of this system will help with shaping its future.
“The ZEV program is supporting extra Victorian residents and companies to drive the way forward for transport by buying a brand new electrical automobile sooner. By taking part within the survey, you’re serving to to form the way forward for this program.”
This system was initially introduced again in 2021 with a objective of handing out 20,000 EV subsidies.
“The subsidy might be obtainable for greater than 20,000 new ZEV purchases from Sunday, 2 Could 2021,” it stated on the time. “Subsidies might be obtainable in levels, with an preliminary 4,000 spots. Additional levels might be introduced as this system progresses.”
Over the course of this system, it had delivered over 10,000 subsidies, reducing it a lot shorter than the preliminary goal. This additionally represents misalignments with the state’s personal ZEV targets that are to have “half of all mild automobile gross sales in Victoria to be ZEVs by 2030”.
Even over the past couple of weeks of the subsidy ending announcement, BYD landed 750 new Atto 3 EVs in Victoria to assist extra residents get behind the wheel of an electrical SUV whereas profiting from the remaining subsidy spots.
However, again in April Queensland doubled its electrical automobile rebate to $6,000. “We would like extra zero emission autos on Queensland roads with Queensland households to have entry to cheaper and cleaner autos,” stated the minister for power, renewables and hydrogen Mick de Brenni on the time.
At this stage, it’s unclear if there might be a return of the ZEV subsidy scheme however as noticed by the readers of The Pushed, blended messages are being put out to Victorians who’ve just lately made the change to a cleaner EV.
We hope there’s a future program that may assist many extra Victorians assist get behind the wheel of an EV, simply as extra inexpensive electrical hatchbacks are to reach within the coming months. The Pushed reached out to Photo voltaic Victoria, which managed the scheme, however didn’t obtain a reply earlier than publication.
Riz is the founding father of carloop primarily based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV information, perception stories and traits. He’s a mechanical engineer who spent the primary 7 years of his profession constructing transport infrastructure earlier than beginning carloop. He has a ardour for automobiles, significantly EVs and needs to assist scale back transport emissions in Australia. He at present drives a crimson Tesla Mannequin 3.