Labor’s electric vehicle policy drives Australia forward – but not far | Adam Morton

While committing to a fuel-efficiency standard is an important step, a shift to clean cars alone won't get us where we need to be

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Exciting news! After years of promises and reports recommending swift action, Australia's national electric vehicle policy ... remains a plan to eventually have a policy.

That's not entirely fair. The Albanese government has committed to introduce a vehicle fuel-efficiency standard - an important step that could belatedly put the country on a path to dealing with runaway carbon dioxide emissions from transport. It should significantly boost the lacklustre range of affordable EVs on the market.

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