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Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Even if you look at the passenger vehicle standards they're targeting, current model Fiesta ST (RIP in Australia):







https://media.ford.com/content/fordm...fiesta-st.html



Thats a very modern 3 cylinder 1.5L turbo engine, in a car that weighs something like 1200kg and it would struggle to fit in those targets the federal government is talking about in the next few years.



Look at 2029 - either manufacturers have been working on stuff behind the scenes or we're going to see the death of internal combustion engine new vehicles by 2029.



Or do they just incorporate the price of the penalties the manufacturer pays in the cost of new vehicles?



IE - we forecast we're going to sell 100,000 Rangers in Australia in 2029, we're going to pay Canberra X amount in fines for not meeting emissions targets, so



$X in fine divided by 100,000 vehicles = $Y markup on every new Ranger sold.

You need some kind of electrification. That's why the LCT exemption is down to 3.5 litres/100. They don't want pure ICE. Mach E will have to stay in Australia to keep the average fleet emissions down. Might get the Lightning early as a result.