1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,599 Speaker 1: The government has announced that they're relaxing the climate rules 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 1: around imported cars and these rules will now align with 3 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: Australia's rules. And this basically means, in effect that we 4 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:09,480 Speaker 1: can start bringing in some slightly more dirty cars than 5 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:12,400 Speaker 1: we were able to before. The reason the government's doing 6 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: this is that the harsher rules would make cars about 7 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:17,639 Speaker 1: five and a half thousand dollars more expensive each of 8 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: them in just three years. Amy Wiley is the chief 9 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: executive of the Motor Industry Association and with us now, hey, Amy, hi, 10 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: he that how are you well? Thank you? Are you 11 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 1: on board with this? 12 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 2: Absolutely? Absolutely? Why third targets that New Zealand had seat 13 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 2: from twenty five to twenty twenty seven were so stringent 14 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 2: they got ahead of the source manufacturing country targets And 15 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,279 Speaker 2: what that means is that if we don't have cars 16 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 2: that are at a technological capability to deliver on those targets, 17 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 2: and all we're going to do is push penalties onto 18 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 2: consumers and make them pay more without any environmental or 19 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 2: social benefit. And it doesn't really make sense. So what 20 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 2: the governments come out and announced today is that they're 21 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 2: resetting targets for targets are still still a stretch for importers. 22 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 2: They're not easy to achieve. They're still a stretch to achieve, 23 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 2: but it means that they're trying to time the achievement 24 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 2: of those targets with the product availability and customers willingness 25 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 2: to buy those vehicles as well. 26 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: If the harsher rules that were introduced under the Adounan 27 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:19,759 Speaker 1: government would have added five and a half thousand dollars 28 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,400 Speaker 1: to each car, how much are these new more relaxed 29 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: rules going to add to it? 30 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 2: Are dearly nothing? 31 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: Okay, well we're going to have. 32 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, correct. So all we've asked for is for targets 33 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 2: that get set that are still still tough for industry achieve. 34 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 2: But when we get our mix of zero emission vehicles 35 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 2: and we can offset the credits we earn from those 36 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 2: against some of the penalties for some of the slightly 37 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 2: dirtier and overall there's no cost impact to consumers and 38 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 2: we're nearly getting better. 39 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: I mean, the critics say that the problem is while 40 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: we're aligning with Australia in terms of, you know what, 41 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: we're expecting the emissions to be, the penalties are not 42 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: nearly as much like in Australia they pay about one 43 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: hundred and ten thousand dollars for each grand per kilometer travel. 44 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: That's above the threshold. For US, they're one hundred and 45 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: ten for US is just forty five bucks? Is that 46 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: a fair criticism? 47 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:10,959 Speaker 2: Not? Actually not true. So in Australia they set it 48 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 2: one hundred dollars per gram, but they only charge fifty 49 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 2: percent of that if they don't meet it, so it's 50 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 2: only fifty dollars. In New Zealand from next year. It'll 51 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,800 Speaker 2: be sixty seven dollars fifty a gram from twenty twenty 52 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,359 Speaker 2: five onwards, so we're actually seventeen dollars fifty more expensive 53 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:23,959 Speaker 2: per gram. 54 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:25,799 Speaker 1: Ah, good to know, Amy, Thank you for setting the 55 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: record straight. That's Amy Wyley, Motor Industry Association, Chief Executive. 56 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 2: For more from Heather Duplasy Allen Drive. 57 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:35,919 Speaker 1: Listen live to news talks the'd be from four pm weekdays, 58 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 1: or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.