Opinion

What would it take to get Aussies to buy electric cars? Canberra provides a guide

In this cross-posting from The Conversation, Yogi Vidyattama, Darren Sinclair, Jacki Schirmer and Robert Tanton have examined what the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is doing in the electric vehicle space, and what effect this is having on EV take-up by price and type of household.

YOGI VIDYATTAMA, DARREN SINCLAIR, JACKI SCHIRMER, AND ROBERT TANTON

April 8, 2022 9:44

Only 5,532 of the 101,233 new cars sold in Australia last month were all-electric.

While that number is an improvement on previous months, it is tiny compared to the 25% to 85% of new cars sold that are all-electric in European nations such as Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway.