All sales of new petrol and diesel-powered cars would be banned by 2030 to spur the take-up of electric vehicles, according to a Greens policy aimed at winning over voters in this weekend's byelection in the Melbourne electorate of Batman.
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| The road ahead will be one for electric vehicles if the Greens policy gains traction. |
Such a goal would bring Australia into line with nations such as India and the Netherlands - which have targets of phasing out sales of new cars powered by combustion engines by 2030 - and slice deeply into a net import fuel bill now running at about $16 billion a year, the Electric Vehicle Council said.
Read Peter Hannam’s story from The Age - “‘We'll be left behind': Greens want 2030 ban on fossil-fuel car sales.”
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