Of the 21 million cars and trucks on Australia’s roads, only a fraction are electric. The top-selling cars are all fuel-hungry utes, and the Australian government wants more electrics car climbing that leaderboard.
A new policy will soon require car companies to bring more electric models to Australian car-yards, in the hope a cheaper and wider range of EVs might convince more buyers to dump their ute, and take up a battery-powered option instead.
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