Don't know for sure if this is true.As from 2021 all EV registered in NSW must have a blue EV sticker on the front and rear number plates, visiting interstate registered EV must also display the EV stickers.
LPG equipped vehicles must have red LPG stickers to alert roads and traffic authorities of an above average vehicle danger or hazard level.
For EV equipped with a battery pack of Lithium ion batteries the potential danger is exothermic reaction, heat, a hard bump against the floor pan containing the batteries, a collision with another vehicle or stationary object, rapid charging on a very hot day all have the potential for an explosion and very hot fire.
Of course globally EV are still a very small percentage of vehicle fleets and in Australia all sold to date are less than one per cent of the fleet.
But the experience overseas with explosive fires in EV are enough to cause concern about safety, particularly people trapped inside an EV because the exothermic reaction can be rapid.
Also, in the near future EV owners will pay a Road Use Tax to collect revenue that Fuel Excise/Tax now provides for roads maintenance.
I cannot see the point in very expensive by comparison to ICEV when most of our electricity still comes from coal, gas and diesel fuelled generators, more than 80 per cent and more as wind and solar fluctuate from low to about 10 per cent of baseload energy production, the rest from hydro generators.
When the wind and solar industry supporters quote Installed capacity/Nameplate performance please ignore, that is theoretical engineering design maximum capacity in perfect conditions. The AEMO use Capacity Factor of 30 to 35 per cent of Installed/Nameplate: ie; 100 MW is a real 30MW delivered.
When politicians say, for example in SA, that 40 per cent of grid is renewable energy ignore, it’s 40 per cent of supply sources are wind and solar etc., so 30 per cent of 40 percent is a real 12 per cent.
And I am waiting for the time when/if wind/solar achieves a real over 30 per cent because the instability at times taking place already will be far worse.
Only power stations can provide reliable, 24/7, cheaper electricity.
About the Australian Electricity GridThe electricity grid managed by the AEMO covers New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania and is the world’s largest interconnected power system.
The interface between generators (producers of energy) and consumers (industrial users, businesses and homes) is known as the National Electricity Market (NEM). It is the system though which the supply of energy to local distributors is managed, along with the price of that energy.
Most of Australia’s electricity needs are fulfilled by power stations which burn fossil fuels like coal and natural gas to drive steam turbines.
A large part is also played by hydroelectric power stations while wind power contributes in line with meteorological conditions.
There are also many smaller generators which use solar technology, biomass, bagasse etc. to create electricity.
A relative newcomer is the installation, en masse, of domestic rooftop solar photovoltaics (PV).
AEMO provides daily files summarising the performance of rooftop solar generation by region.
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