Electric cars to take up half of market by 2030 under Shorten plan

A Shorten Labor government would aim for half of all new cars to be electric by 2030 and work with industry to lift car emissions standards in a bid to cut pollution and spur innovation.

Coming in a big way: Labor wants half of new cars sales to be electric by 2030.

Details of Labor's "Cleaner Transport Future", to be released on Monday, include requiring half of all federal government fleet purchases to be electric vehicles (EVs) by 2025, and for all Commonwealth-owned or leased office building to have charging capacity "where appropriate”.

Read the story from The Age by Peter Hannam - “Electric cars to take up half of market by 2030 under Shorten plan.”