Car Battery ‘Passports’ Could Help Manage Growing Waste

Published on October 12, 2024

Every electric vehicle should arrive in Australia with a battery passport, an inquiry has heard, and manufacturers should be made to pay to recycle batteries at the end of their driving lives. The Transition to Electric Vehicles inquiry hearing in Canberra on Oct. 6 also heard calls for the government to reform its incoming New Vehicle Efficiency Standard to avoid stifling innovative homegrown companies. The calls came during the eighth public hearing for the federal parliament inquiry, established in January to investigate the impacts, opportunities, and changes involved in moving from fossil fuel to electric vehicles. Electric cars made up 6.4 percent of all new vehicle sales in Australia in September, according to the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries and Electric Vehicle Council. ...

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