National Heavy Vehicle Charging Pilot
The National Pilot is an innovative partnership with industry to test alternative charges to the current fuel excise and State and Territory based registration charges.
For the past 6 months the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development has run a Small Scale On-Road Trial testing an alternative mass distance based charge with 11 participants and more than 200 vehicles.
In 2020 they are launching the next stage of the National Pilot, a Large Scale On-Road Trial that will include 100 businesses and over 1000 vehicles in every state and territory across Australia.
The Large Scale On-Road Trial is planned to run for 18 months and trial participants will receive monthly mock invoices comparing their current PAYGO charges to alternative charges.
There are no costs associated with participating in the trial.
To support trial participants, the Department will also look at options to pay for the installation and ongoing costs of both telematics and hubodometer devices to collect data.
The Department is keen to work with the Refrigerated Transport Sector to understand what the impact of any alternative charges may mean for individual operators and the industry as a whole.
Over the next couple of months, the National Pilot team will be meeting with heavy vehicle operators across the country. They will be in Melbourne from 29th of January to the 31st, and interested operators are encouraged to get in touch with Tom Guan (tom.guan@infrastructure.gov.au), Assistant Director of the National Pilot team.
