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‘Do-nothing document’: Australian electric vehicle strategy lets emissions keep rising – The Guardian
Paper does not include policies to make it more affordable to buy EVs or a phase-out date for the sale of new fossil fuel cars
The Morrison government has ruled out subsidies to encourage people to buy electric or hybrid vehicles, and assumes they will be adopted at a pace that would lead to greenhouse gas emissions from transport increasing over the next decade.
A future fuels strategy discussion paper released on Friday is largely consistent with a leaked draft in December. It does not include policies to make it more affordable to buy electric vehicles (EVs) or a phase-out date for the sale of new fossil fuel cars, as…
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