The Western Australian Government has invested a further $9.5 million into the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Rebate Scheme as mid-year projections indicate added demand in 2024-25, and as Western Australians continue to take advantage of the scheme.
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For those who apply to the Department of Transport and who purchase an eligible vehicle, they will be provided with $3,500 rebate from the ZEV Rebate Scheme.
Applications will be accepted until midnight on Saturday, May 10, 2025.
To November 30, 2024, 9,200 ZEV rebate applications had been paid totalling $32,200,000.
To be eligible for the rebate, the vehicle must:
- be a zero-emission vehicle and be fully powered by batteries or hydrogen fuel cells;
- be a light vehicle (vehicle with a gross vehicle mass of 4.5 tonnes or less), including:
- light passenger vehicles, such as sedans, hatchbacks and sports utility vehicles (SUVs);
- light commercial vehicles; and
- light trucks.
- be granted a vehicle licence in WA on or after Tuesday, 10 May 2022;
- have a maximum dutiable value of $70,000 or less; and
- be brand new and never previously been registered or licensed in Australia or overseas
“There has been significant growth in the number of electric vehicles on WA roads over the past three years, and for the first time EVs made up more than 1 per cent of WA’s light vehicle fleet in the June 2024 quarter,” says minister assisting the transport minister, David Michael.
“I expect as more affordable EVs are made available to the WA market, more Western Australians will look to make the switch to zero-emission vehicles, increasing interest in the ZEV rebate.”
According to the Department of Transport’s licensing data, it has shown that the number of electric vehicles in WA increased by over 513 per cent between December 31, 2021, and June 30, 2024.
The ZEV Rebate Scheme is a financial incentive to encourage the purchase of zero-emission vehicles as part of the Government’s Clean Energy Car Fund.
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