Gas guzzlers be gone! New Zealand will subsidise low-income earners to drive 'clean' cars

The government says it plans to spend $NZ569 million on the trial program as part of a larger plan that includes subsidies for businesses to reduce emissions, a switch to an entirely green bus fleet by 2035 and curb-side food-waste collection for most homes by the end of the decade.

The plan represents a step toward the pledges the nation made under the 2016 Paris Agreement on climate change and New Zealand's stated goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.Ms Ardern, who was scheduled to launch the plan but cancelled, said every community and sector had a role to play and that reducing reliance on fossil fuels would help shield households from volatile price hikes.

New Zealand's Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson, centre, ahead of the government's emissions reduction plan announcement. And some critics said it continued to give an easy ride to the nation's huge agriculture industry, which creates about half of the nation's total greenhouse gas emissions but is also vital to the economy as the nation's biggest export earner.

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. What? Only low income earners? The rich people have to pay for their own Teslas? How unAustralian... .

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It would be good if you reported on how the scheme is actually supposed to be work. Sounds like a Labor policy, make a big announcement and try to figure out the details later.

More subsidies

Meanwhile, “across the ditch” Australia is told you will lose your weekend if you buy an electric car.

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So forcing them to own a car instead of boosting public transport. Cool and good!

Hopefully LiberalAus & AustralianLabor will follow this wonderful example and expand on it by boosting the production of Australian vehicle makers, like ThalesAustralia & safescape/BortanaEV of Bendigo.

Surely it’s a more efficient use of gov funds to expand and further subsidise public transport so low income earners don’t need a car in the first place? Want to help with the cost of living how about a car not being an expense item in your budget?

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