Kia‘s boss sees the slowdown in EV sales a problem as we head to next year’s new emission standards

Motor Torque with David Berthon

Kia Australia’s CEO Damien Meredith recent comments on the slowdown of
electric car sales is interesting. Suggesting the car industry has hit the limit when
it comes to early adopters of EVs and that with New Vehicle Emission Standards
due next year it will be a struggle to sell more hybrid and electric cars to offset
sales of high emission vehicles and avoid government fines. The Governments
new CO2 rules take effect from January 1 while the penalties take effect from July
1 and will force car brands to hit CO2 emission targets on each vehicle they sell.
As Meredith said this week regarding the EV slowdown ‘it’s a tough situation,
we’ve got to sell more EV’s, we’ve got to basically sell, in percentage terms,
double what we’re doing at the moment to meet our requirement for the new
emission rules.’ Watch this space. I’m David Berthon

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