Australia’s peak motoring body says the Federal Government’s ‘Technology Investment Roadmap’ to accelerate low emission technologies is right to focus on the challenge of balancing the protection of consumer choice with the protection of the environment.
Australian Automobile Association (AAA) Managing Director, Michael Bradley, said motorists would welcome public consultation on the roadmap along with a commitment to transparency, with regular updates flagged through Low Emissions Technology Statements to commence later this year.
“The roadmap provides a concise report card on the status of technologies in the transport sector and realistically identifies those areas where Australia can be a technology leader or a technology taker, as we all play our role to reduce emissions”, Mr Bradley said.
He said the AAA and the eight million members it represents through its members clubs – including the NRMA, RACV, RACQ, RAA, RAC, RACT and the AANT – were committed to cleaner and greener motoring.
“The AAA also looks forward to the release of the forthcoming National Electric Vehicle Strategy that has been flagged in the roadmap and how it will address ongoing concerns to ensure refuelling/recharging infrastructure keeps pace with the growth of electric vehicles, and potentially fuel cell vehicles”, Mr Bradley said.
He said the AAA supported an emissions policy framework that simultaneously addressed both CO2 emissions and noxious emissions along with Australia’s fuel security issues.
