We need Australia with sovereign manufacturing capability, established with purpose-built New Energy Vehicles (NEVs), needed for creating a resilient, high-value advanced manufacturing ecosystem.

1. The Strategic Imperative: Sovereignty and Security

An Australian NEV industry is not a nostalgia project; It transforms into an APEX industry, creating manufacturing sovereignty, reducing our reliance on vulnerable global supply chains, and establishing a resilient foundation for our nation. The NEV sector will cultivate  sovereign capability for innovative manufacturing processes,  future-proofing our economy and supporting national jobs and zero emissions objectives.

2. The Australian Advantage:

Australian expertise: We possess a legacy of world-class automotive engineering and innovation pipelines, ready to be reactivated.

Natural Resources: We hold globally significant reserves of critical minerals (lithium, rare earths). Let’s stop just exporting raw materials and start building finished products—Australian batteries for Australian vehicles.

Green Potential: Our abundant renewable resources position us to produce the world’s most sustainable vehicles, powered by sun and wind.

3. The ACE EV Group: The Viable, Investment-Ready Catalyst.

We are not theorising; we are executing. ACE EV Group is a pragmatic, niche manufacturer leveraging modern, low-volume, and agile business models for profitability. Our strategy has been validated by serious interest from global technology leaders in energy management, skateboards, batteries and powertrains, underpinning the viability of this Australian opportunity.

4. The Call to Action: Partnering to Realise National Prosperity

The Opportunity Is Now: The world is watching. International investment is contingent on a clear, committed partnership of support by the Australian government.

We Must Act Decisively: Align the National Reconstruction Fund to explicitly prioritise and fast-track sovereign NEV and battery manufacturing projects. Create a Competitive Investment Landscape with targeted offtake incentives to ensure Australia grows its advanced manufacturing.

Form a True Public-Private Partnership with ACE EV Group to de-risk this national project and convert global interest into local jobs, technology share and advanced manufacturing capabilities. 

The blueprint is written. The partners are ready. The alternative is to outsource this opportunity to global competitors. Let’s build Australia’s NEV future, together.

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Thank you for staying on this journey with us.

Kind regards,

Greg McGarvie
Managing Director
ACE EV Group
E: greg@aceelectricvehicles.com.au