- including a target of reaching half of new car sales by 2030 - has put the spotlight on a market that is just getting started in Australia.
Just 2216 EVs were sold last year, making up 0.2 per cent of the Australian market, leaving the country behind the likes of Norway where plug-in cars grabbed almost 60 per cent of sales last month.One brake has been the steep upfront cost of EVs and paucity of public recharging points, fostering "range anxiety" concerns. These will ease as battery technology advances.
Limited consumer choice - with about 11 models available or soon to be - will also improve with as many as 60 models on the market within three years as production rockets globally.Here are some consumers' motoring experiences and models that may tempt more to go all-electric.Industrial designer Rabah Maraby has sights on a Sydney to Gold Coast drive this weekend with just two recharge stops planned for his Tesla EV after plugging into Mirvac's recharge centre in Broadway.
"Not having to stop at a service station is really cool," he says as he recharged at Broadway Shopping Centre in inner Sydney on Thursday. As is the car's "instant power", an advantage all EVs have over petrol rivals.
p_hannam Makes sense if you live in a city, less so in the region's. Genuine question, are the recharge points free, or do you pay for the electricity?
p_hannam Citing Norway as green seems ironic as its economy is propped up by North Sea oil and gas
p_hannam That's a big car or a small person. smh p_hannam
p_hannam Sounds like no incentive or subsidies will be required. Right? And please stop comparing Australia to Norway. Infrastructure needs and cost are very, very different. If Australia were Norway the NBN would have cost a fraction of $50b+.
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