Vehicle scrapping scheme on the cards
A vehicle scrappage programme is being considered by the Government as an option for lowering carbon emissions.
The scheme will encourage people to give up old cars, as New Zealand’s vehicle fleet continues to age.
The average age of a light passenger vehicle fleet in New Zealand increased from 11.7 years in 2000 to 14.4 years in 2017. This compares to the U.S.’s 11.6 years in 2016, and Australia’s 10.1 years. Canada and Europe only clocked 9.3 and 7.4 years respectively.
The Government considered 11 policies as ways to reduce greenhouse emissions from vehicles – the policy chosen, the feebate scheme, has generated controversy.
So, the search continues, and the vehicle scrappage programme is being investigated.
One of the policies, a ban on importing fossil fuel vehicles from 2035 onwards, was scrapped. Associate minister for transport Julie Anne Genter says the ban and seven other options “were investigated, but discarded due to being either ineffective, poor value for money, or regressive.”
Genter told Newsroom the Government was interested in how a similar scheme to vehicle scrapping could be used as a transition from a higher-emission fleet to a lower-emission one.
“The scrappage scheme is in the hands of NZ Transport Agency and we’re expecting an update in the next month”
If it continues, it will be trialled to see what the most effective way is to achieve lower emissions.
For more information on the Government’s proposed policies, click here.
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Vehicle Scrappage Scheme – now there’s a new idea….not!
This was investigated by the previous regime and discarded – why? because it costs votes – its that simple. No Government of a country with such a welfare supported percentage of the population will bring in something that costs voters money and the Government votes. You either have to get tough on people with old clunkers and show its a privilege, not a right to own and operate a car and forgo your next term in the drivers seat, or just cut the crap ideas that will never come to fruition…