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‘Still far too low’: Australia’s electric vehicle industry says fourfold imports jump not enough – The Guardian
Latest EV results welcomed as signal of growing demand and recovering economy but growth achieved off very low base
Australia has recorded the largest bump ever in electric vehicle imports over the first two months of the year but industry figures say the result is still not good enough.
Import figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Wednesday show the dollar value of electric vehicle (EV) imports has grown $104m to $125m in the first two months of 2021, representing an increase of 485% on figures recorded at the same time last year.
Hybrid-vehicle sales were up $95m to $190m, growing…
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