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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2021-11-18" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Electric Vehicles</name>
      <text id="202111189034c5e8326d4d04a0001528">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Electric Vehicles</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4842" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Lee</electorate>
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          <question date="2021-09-23" qonNum="802">
            <name>Electric Vehicles</name>
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          <inserted>802 <by role="member" id="4842">The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee)</by> (23 September 2021).  How many full-electric vehicle (no internal combustion engine) vehicles are estimated to be sold, or first registered in South Australia, in:</inserted>
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        <text id="202111189034c5e8326d4d04a0001530">
          <inserted>(a)&amp;#x9;2021-22?</inserted>
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        <text id="202111189034c5e8326d4d04a0001531">
          <inserted>(b)&amp;#x9;2022-23?</inserted>
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        <text id="202111189034c5e8326d4d04a0001532">
          <inserted>(c)&amp;#x9;2023-24?</inserted>
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        <text id="202111189034c5e8326d4d04a0001533">
          <inserted>(d)&amp;#x9;2024-25?</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4338" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Dunstan</electorate>
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            <name>Premier</name>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2021-09-23" qonNum="802">
            <name>Electric Vehicles</name>
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          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="4338">The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>Forecasts of electric vehicle take-up rates are subject to a high degree of uncertainty. They are particularly sensitive to assumptions about the price of electric vehicles and model availability. </inserted>
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          <inserted>The Department of Treasury and Finance considered electric vehicle take-up assumptions from a number of sources including the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications), the Future Fuels Strategy (Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources), and the Australian Energy Market Operator. </inserted>
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          <inserted>For forecasting purposes, I am advised that the Department of Treasury and Finance has estimated the number of new full electric vehicles registered in South Australia as follows:</inserted>
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            <inserted>Around 550 vehicles in 2021-22</inserted>
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        <text id="202111189034c5e8326d4d04a0001539">
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            <inserted>Around 850 vehicles in 2022-23</inserted>
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        <text id="202111189034c5e8326d4d04a0001540">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Around 1,350 vehicles in 2023-24</inserted>
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        <text id="202111189034c5e8326d4d04a0001541">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Around 2,100 vehicles in 2024-25</inserted>
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