https://bigrigs.com.au/2024/07/01/how-trucking-industry-should-transition-to-electric-vehicles/
This article cites the ATA's inquiry recommendations in an area that will obviously have a huge, if gradual impact on SNL's operations:
ADR 43/04 should be amended to allow refrigerated trucks to be 2.6 metres wide.ADR 43/04 should be amended to extend the safer freight vehicles concept to trailers. Refrigerated trailers should be allowed to be 2.6 metres wide.The government should amend the Australian Design Rules to deliver an 8 tonne single steer axle mass limit and a 1.5 tonne increase in the tandem drive rear axle mass limit for electric trucks.In the longer term, the single steer axle mass limit should increase to 8.5 tonnes, with the tandem drive rear axle mass limit increasing by 2 tonnes.The government should invest an additional $5 billion in truck roads and rest areas over the ten year infrastructure pipeline. The investment should include projects to upgrade roads and bridges to handle the mass requirements of electric trucks.The Australian Government should permanently reinstate full expensing for trucks and trailers.The Australian Government should implement a purchase price incentive of 50 per cent of the price difference between comparable electric and conventional truck models.The Australian Government should increase its focus on rapid and ultra-fast charging infrastructure for trucks, including through supporting upgrades to the power grid and its operation.The Australian Government should start work now on developing a road user charging framework for zero and low emission vehicles, with the framework to be implemented once ZLEVs are better established in the market.The government should rule out imposing an invoice based road user charging system on conventionally powered trucks, although it should be available on an opt-in basis.The government should include electric trucks in its road user charging framework, and well as conventionally powered trucks on an opt-in basis.The NTC’s forward looking cost base should be designed to support a range of road user charging models, including the current system and an invoice based system for electric trucks and operators that choose to opt in.The FLCB model should be constructed to include an effective subsidy for electric vehicles, rather than cross subsidising their road use.The actual submission in PDF form is here:
Sub 78 - Australian Trucking Association.pdf
Also of interest is the National Road Transport Association submission, in two parts:
Sub 50 - National Road Transport Association.pdf
Sub 50 - Attachment 1.pdf
ATA & NATROAD submission to parliamentary inquiry into EV transition
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