Labor faces electric vehicle roadblock over inclusion of hybrid cars

Greens and David Pocock say government bill amounts to a fossil fuel subsidy and will slow uptake of zero emission vehicles

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Labor faces a roadblock when it comes to delivering an election promise on electric vehicles with the Greens and independent senator David Pocock raising concerns about hybrid cars being included in the government's legislation.

The Albanese government made good on its campaign promise to make EVs cheaper with the introduction of legislation which would cut the fringe benefits tax on low and zero emissions vehicles. But it includes plug-in hybrids, which rely on petrol combustion engines as well as electric power and are already commercially competitive.

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