FCAI welcomes new board directors from Honda and Renault, strengthening leadership as Australia’s auto sector faces regulatory changes, electrification, and tech-driven transformation.
Polestar, the Swedish electric performance brand, is taking a firm stance on Australia’s long-overdue shift towards cleaner motoring, calling on the Federal Government to stick to its guns on the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES).
The most significant is that last month, passenger cars, sedans, hatches, and wagons, now make up only 15.3% of the market. SUV and LCV (such as Hilux and Ranger) now make a massive 80.1%.
The “ALP Powering Australia” plan released on Friday last, supporting the uptake of electric vehicles in Australia, and has been acknowledged as a step forward in the policy discussion around lowering vehicle emissions, according to Australia’s peak automotive body, the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI).
Today, Tony Weber of the FCAI (Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries) took the extraordinary step of criticising ANCAP Australasian New Car Assessment Program for limiting the test result to 6 years. ANCAP test new cars along with the sister organisation in Europe, EuroNCAP. Mr Weber said, “The Australian automotive industry continues to work with governments and others towards harmonisation [...]
The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) has condemned the announcement by the Victorian State Government that it intends to initiate a road user charge on electric vehicles (EVs) from 1st July 2021.
The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) today announced a new industry-led reporting system, the FCAI CO2 Emissions Standard, which sets out industry and brand CO2 emissions reduction targets at 2030.
