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The peak body for WA’s motor trades claims the National Electric Vehicle Strategy consultation paper is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to deliver a truly fit for purpose plan for Australia’s unique situation.

With EVs garnering more attention, the six CEOs of the Motor Trade Associations across Australia formed a delegation that travelled to Europe to talk to regulators around their EV policies.

MTA WA CEO Stephen Moir speaks with ABC's Nadia Mistopoulos on the end of the temporary fuel excise cut

After recognising a trend of increasing odometer tampering used in vehicle acquisitions, the advocacy and policy team at the MTA WA got to work on how this type of fraud could be reduced.

Automotive Repair Division Chairman Mark Taylor from Automark and MTA WA Senior Division Manager Graham Cawley attended a national meeting in Sydney last week where a number of important issues were raised and discussed.

"The Albanese government have cited research that suggests that we could be at 89% new [EV] car sales by 2030, which just doesn't match up. Norway have got a ten year start on us with ten years of heavy incentives to get people into them and they are

Everyone from business owners to automotive technicians, political members, and leaders, were in attendance. This resulted in a fantastic atmosphere and a room that glowed with class, enthusiasm, and gratification.

The MTA is working hard to collaborate with the Department of Transport (DoT) to fix the anomaly of Western Australia being the only state that currently does not allow (or is not actively considering) upgrades to the Gross Combination Mass (GCM) of

For MTA members that have had the misfortune of servicing or repairing a vehicle only to later discover that the owner has disappeared, modernisation of the law cannot come soon enough.

The peak body for WA’s motor trade has urged Australia’s politicians and journalists to take the time to understand our unique motoring environment before loading all of our eggs onto an electric bandwagon.