South Australia's new tax on electric vehicles ridiculed as 'a big tax on not polluting'

Experts accuse government of using EVs as a scapegoat for falling fuel excise taxes'

South Australia's controversial new electric vehicle charge has been labelled a big tax on not polluting" by policy analysts and the EV industry.

It comes as MG launches the lowest price electric vehicle on the market in Australia yet - a $40,000 SUV crossover - that is about $10,000 cheaper than its nearest rival, the Nissan Leaf.