Why can’t Australia make electric cars?, The question Ed Husic...

Why can’t Australia make electric cars?, The question Ed Husic wants answered

“The point is how do we create jobs in a pandemic and post-pandemic world? This would merge the blue collar and the white collar, this is advanced manufacturing because cars are computers today.”

“We’ve got the technical talent, the finance capacity through the superannuation pool of savings, the raw materials, the manufacturing capability and particularly an advantage in battery technology. And the fact is that the model of production has changed with electric vehicles. Companies don’t want to be shipping heavy batteries a long way when they have to be sensitively transported.”

For Mr Husic, the federal government’s role would be to bring those different sectoral capabilities together and create the policy settings - including on tax, regulation and subsidies - to make it a reality.

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“History tells us that high-volume manufacturing has only thrived when supported by protection through tariffs or import restrictions.”

Good luck Ed.

Raider