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Electric vehicle tax a ‘dangerous’ step towards more privatisation
By Sam Hibbins The state government’s decision to introduce a user charge for electric vehicles signals a dangerous step towards a privatised road user charge scheme in Victoria. A privatised scheme

Victoria’s electric vehicle tax could reduce clean car sales by 25%, researcher says
A charge on electric cars is ‘completely incongruent’ with states’ targets of reaching net zero emissions by 2050, Dr Jake Whitehead says Victoria’s planned road user tax for electric vehicles

Germany to extend electric car subsidies to 2025
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will extend its enviromental subsidy for electric cars until 2025, government and auto industry sources told Reuters on Monday, a day ahead of a German auto
Reports
Air Quality and urban traffic in the EU: best practices and possible solutions (Euopean Parliament)
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs, aims at gaining deeper insights into air quality problems in cities and regions, which are
Green Industrial Policy: Concept, Policies, Country Experiences (UN Environment/DIE)
The “Green Industrial Policy: Concept, Policies, Country Experiences” report is a joint publication by UN Environment and the German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). It illustrates how green industrial