The Morrison government's derision of Labor's electric cars policy has been undermined after it emerged that the Coalition has spent millions of dollars encouraging Australians to use the vehicles and its MPs routinely spruik the technology.
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| Mitsubishi chief executive Mutsuhito Oshikiri, Minister for Urban Infrastructure Paul Fletcher, then-minister for Environment and Energy Josh Frydenberg and then-AGL chief executive Andy Vesy at an electric car event in 2017. |
The government has aggressively criticised Labor's election pledge that half of all new cars sold in 2030 would be electric, claiming it would "end the weekend" by forcing Australians to stop driving petrol-guzzling 4WDs.
A Liberal Party advertisement running on Twitter, shared by Energy Minister Angus Taylor on Friday, derides Labor leader Bill Shorten's statement that electric vehicles could be charged in eight to 10 minutes.
The ad claims that in fact, "electric cars will tend to charge between about eight and nine hours overnight”.
Read the story from The Age by Nicole Hasham - “Coalition spends millions on electric vehicles despite claiming Labor push will 'end the weekend’.”
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