Australia Institute wants free access to bus lanes after electric cars accounted for just 0.1% of current car sales in 2015Tax breaks and free access to bus lanes should be used to back reverse Australia’s poor uptake of electric vehicles,a current report has said. Australians remain deeply reluctant to buy electric cars, which accounted for just 0.1% of current car sales in 2015. Australia is increasingly falling behind other countries, and particularly in Europe,where sales of electric cars represented 1.2% of current European Union car sales in the same year. Related: Driving force: are electric cars crowding out traditional engines? Related: Global shockwaves from electric cars will be here sooner rather than later Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com