A diverse group of Australian organisations “overwhelmingly” support a policy that would encourage car makers to bring more electric vehicles into the country, a new report says.
Greenpeace Australia released an analysis of 212 submissions to the National Electric Vehicle Strategy consultation, revealing 73 percent of all groups supported the introduction of a fuel efficiency standard, and none opposed the measure.
The consultation, which closed in October last year, canvassed opinions on what policies were needed to accelerate the supply and adoption of electric cars in Australia, build infrastructure and lower prices.
Greenpeace said 73 percent of organisations who made submissions to the policy supported the introduction of a standard that would set an emissions target for each car brand….