Victorians will soon pay more for electric cars after the state government revealed plans to scrap its $3000 (US$1,999) subsidy for zero-emission vehicles almost one year earlier than planned.
The cost-cutting measure revealed on a government website will put the state behind Queensland, New South Wales (NSW), South Australia and Western Australia in electric vehicle incentives.
It also comes as the Victorian government waits to hear the outcome of a High Court challenge to its tax on electric vehicles—the first of its kind in Australia.
Industry experts said the cost-cutting measure would put an unfair financial burden on Victorians, which could impact the state’s efforts to cut transport pollution….