Tesla announced it had quit the FCAI on Thursday and Polestar followed it up on Friday, saying the FCAI campaign – driven largely by Japanese car makers led by Toyota – is intolerable.

Tesla and now Polestar’s announcement that they intend to leave the FCAI adds to mounting pressure on CEO Tony Webber who last month came under fire for threatening to run a 2010 anti mining tax style fear campaign against the government’s New Vehicle Efficiency Standard.

The fossil car lobby group CEO claimed that the NVES would cost the entire car-buying public $38 billion in the first five years, which led to the AFR running a story titled “Labor’s new EV-boosting rules will cost $38b, auto group says” followed by Coalition leader Peter Dutton and Nationals Senator Matt Canavan parroting claims that the NVES would see the price of popular vehicles increase by up to $25,000. Claims that have been widely rejected including by the Electric Vehicle Council.

  • @Holyginz
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    410 months ago

    Not everyone lives in an area that provides public transport. You need to learn how to think outside your own bubble.

    • @Aux
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      -310 months ago

      You can also walk.

      • @Holyginz
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        010 months ago

        You literally added nothing here. Walking miles to and from work is also not always an option. My point still stands.

        • @Aux
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          010 months ago

          What point? A car is a privilege, not a right. If you can’t afford it - you walk.