Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie says the Albanese government is promising more than it can deliver with its new fuel efficiency standards.
From next year new cars sold in Australia will be subject to tough emissions standards with the government's aim to drive down emissions and accelerate the uptake of electric vehicles.
The rules will impose a cap on the total emissions that can be produced by any one manufacturer's fleet of cars.
Manufacturers will need to reduce the total emissions of their fleet by more than 60 per cent by 2030.
"I think there are some serious questions about how you can drive down emissions by 60 per cent in six years," Ms McKenzie told Sky News Australia.
"This policy is asking Australians to change fundamentally who they are and how they think about their relationship with their car.
"I want to see cleaner cars, absolutely, but I want them to still be affordable and Australians to buy the cars they want and right now, the government's saying we can do all three at the same time.
"It can't, it's actually impossible to get the emission profile they want over the next six years, make sure we've got affordable cars in the types of models we drive here in Australia."
3 фев 2024
