Tag: electric cars

EV scare campaign ‘flies in face of fact’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A toxic scare campaign surrounding electric vehicles in the first week of the federal election campaign “flies in the face of fact” and risks seeing Australia fall even further...

Labor unveils EV policy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Labor has unveiled “Australia’s first” national electric vehicles policy package, just days after the federal government confirmed its own strategy won’t be released for another year. The policies include...

No govt EV strategy before mid-2020

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government not releasing its electric vehicles strategy until mid-2020 is “woefully inadequate and downright irresponsible”, independent senator Tim Storer said. Prime Minister Scott Morrison committed to developing...

Electric vehicles: Too little, too late

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government’s one-page commitment to develop an electric vehicles strategy, without any new policies, is “too little, too late” as Australia risks missing out on significant opportunities, according to...

Electric car policy ‘weak and shallow’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Senate committee’s recommendations for increasing the uptake of electric vehicles in Australia were “shallow and weak”, according to one of the independent senators involved in writing its report. The...