Ford CEO - Americans need to “get back in love” with small cars

[Adamz Ghia]

Originally Posted by ivorya

Thats ok, but when the taxes increase, the servicing goes thru the roof, fuel prices go up ............. PLs don't be a Karen and whinge!

It's not like any Gov has/had alluded to the immediate sales stop of ICE vehicles in fact, they have/had given a 10+yr timeline. Plenty of time for new technologies to worked on.

In Fact, watch this.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZhKqpleAXM&t=639s Fingers crossed this technology moves forward at pace! You may just get your ute

Taxes might increase, servicing might increase, fuel might go up, but if anyone thinks the government won’t be coming for electric/ alternative fuel car buyers, I have a bridge to sell.

This government has given a timeline, the bridge is still for sale to those who believe that too.

[FTE217]

Originally Posted by Adamz Ghia

Taxes might increase, servicing might increase, fuel might go up, but if anyone thinks the government won’t be coming for electric/ alternative fuel car buyers, I have a bridge to sell.

This government has given a timeline, the bridge is still for sale to those who believe that too.

And the bridge word is the current labour gov will re introduce a toll and both ways !
Bugga these alternative run green labour govs.


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[Sprintey]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

They don't need to have that experience, they just need to listen to the people who operate in that space and listen to their concerns.

Which they invited industry to contribute to, provide feedback, then subsequently ignored it all and made their own decisions.

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Thats South Pacific Tyres talking to the federal government in 2002.

Then again in 2005 over a proposed Chinese-Australia FTA (see what is now CHAFTA)

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A review of the Thailand - Australia FTA by a university:



So congratulations, we facilitated the expansion of Japanese and American auto manufacturers into Thailand to service the Australian market, in exchange for losing our own manufacturing industries.

You don't need to be an expert in something, you just need to recognise, take feedback from and make your decisions on the advice of those who are - being a politician, is the same as being a good manager, its all about relationship management.

They opened up to consultation from the industry, and then ignored it.

If anyone actually wants to debate this from an informed position, plenty of information out there from 20+ years ago that appears on the first page of Google, all from manufacturers who are now long gone.

Great post there Franco, I have no idea what the goals of DFAT were, we eradicated our manufacturers for what? Hoping to curry favour and influence with mercantilists? Anyway, it'll be one for the textbooks.

I've seen within defence publications a thousand day window before conflict mentioned, we might need tyres for the vehicles we will need to produce.

see here:

https://navalinstitute.com.au/more-n...aukus-arrives/

This one is excellent strategy too, off topic, we will need to ensure supply, not trade, by the sea. Enough ships - which we thankfully are building - to control parts of the sea at certain times (convoy) to get materials through:

https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-in...eaborne-supply