Scott Morrison denies attacking electric vehicles in 2019 as he unveils new Coalition policy
by Adam Morton Climate and environment editor from on (#5RNR2)
PM, who suggested EVs would end the weekend' during last election campaign, says he now expects them to make up only 30% of new sales by 2030
Scott Morrison has deflected accusations of hypocrisy and denied he attacked electric vehicles before the 2019 federal election when he said Labor would end the weekend", as he unveiled the government's new clean car policy.
The government on Tuesday ruled out subsidising the expansion of electric and hybrid vehicles, and said it expected only 30% of new sales to be EVs by 2030 - a date by which a growing number of countries plan to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars.
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