WA planning one of world’s longest continuous electric car networks under climate policy

Western Australia plans to build one of the longest continuous electric vehicle networks in the world and has committed $100 million to a previously-mooted battery to stabilise the power network.

They are part of a suite of measures worth $300 million the WA Government has announced as part of its climate policy, with the “aspirational” aim of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

But the Conservation Council of WA said the policy failed the key test on cutting pollution, because it did not set…