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The government has set aside $302 million to encourage low emissions vehicles and looks set to move on a feebate scheme, introducing incentives for electric vehicles and eventually a tax on gas guzzlers.
The line item was in last month's budget. The Transport Minister Michael Wood is to reveal details later this month, but Nine to Noon understands that the policy will largely resemble the so-called "feebate" scheme - scuppered in the last parliament by the New Zealand First party.
Lynn speaks with the chair of Drive Electric, Mark Gilbert and Federated Farmers Climate Change spokesperson Andrew Hoggard.
