Driving Change: Queensland’s electric vehicle policy
At the 2010 United Nation's Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen the Queensland Government announced its membership of the EV20 Taskforce, an international 'coalition of the willing', convened by The Climate Group, to rapidly advance the commercial deployment of EVs around the world.
In October 2011 at the Australian Electric Vehicle conference in Brisbane, the Queensland Government released Driving Change: Queensland’s Electric Vehicle Policy (PDF, 913K)* to help prepare Queensland for the introduction of electric vehicles (EVs). This follows the release of An Electric Vehicle Roadmap for Queensland: An Issues Paper for Public Discussion (PDF, 430K)*, which outlined what Queensland will do to support the uptake of EVs and sought public feedback.
Driving Change signals Queensland’s readiness for EVs with new infrastructure, stakeholder and community partnerships, and urban development planning so Queensland can transition to low-carbon and advanced technology vehicles.
The policy includes the EVs in the Community program, which provides charitable organisations and community groups with the opportunity to trial the technology by borrowing one of the government’s EVs for up to three months.
Find out more about the EVs in the Community program.
The EV policy also includes three flagship projects:
- Plugging-in project: Installing at least 20 recharge points in South East Queensland government buildings, public places and community hubs to lay the foundation for an EV recharging network. Find out more.
- EV-Ready communities: Working with industry partners on how EVs, charging infrastructure and EV car-sharing can be built into urban developments
- EV recharging management initiative: Working with ENERGEX and Ergon Energy on practical solutions for managing EV recharging impacts on electricity networks.
EVs offer motorists an option for low-emission transport, and when recharged using 100 per cent renewable energy they have the potential to generate zero emissions.
Reducing transport-related emissions by encouraging consumers to become early adopters of EVs will help Queensland meet its Q2 target to cut Queenslanders' carbon footprint by one third by 2020 with reduced car and electricity use.
Download Driving Change: Queensland’s Electric Vehicle Policy (PDF, 913K)*.
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Last updated 23 January 2012