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Clean-ish cars, new highways, EV blues, and tolls

A look back on a tough 2024, plus the road ahead in 2025.

Transport Minister, and road cone hater, Simeon Brown.

Jonathan Mitchell Thu, 02 Jan 2025
Key points
  • What’s at stake: The health of the automotive industry and transport sector in 2025. 
  • Background: EV sales were lower in 2024 compared with the year before after the end of the rebates. The Government put priority on new highways, toll roads, and infrastructure investments to grow the economy. 
  • Main players: Government, Simeon Brown, Motor Industry Association, Aimee Wiley, Turners Automotive Group, Todd Hunter, 2 Cheap Cars, Colonial Motor Co, Ashley Waugh, ChargeNet, Danusia Wypych, Genesis, Z Energy, Lindis Jones.

The Government – more specifically Transport Minister Simeon Brown – went to war on pesky potholes and excessive use of road cones in 2024, amid a wider focus on building new highways, toll roads, and tunnels.

Among all those bold initiatives, Brown also fine-tuned the controversial Clean Car

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Jonathan Mitchell Thu, 02 Jan 2025
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