The Government is set to bring in Clean Car Import Standards from next year - and one major car manufacturer is concerned about how much it will cost consumers. 

Legislation will be passed this year, with a target to reach 105 grams of CO2 per kilometre by 2025.

Toyota CEO Neeraj Lala told Heather du Plessis-Allan it's an aggressive way to start reducing emissions.

"I think there is going to require a fair bit of effort and a fair bit of negotiation from a number of car companies with their parent companies off shore."

He says the cars coming in need to be affordable.

"Low emissions is expensive. It does carry a premium, and at this stage, like any new technology, the price premium for new technologies is quite high."

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