Australia’s adoption of electric vehicles has been maddeningly slow, but we’re well placed to catch up fast
- Written by: Scott Dwyer, Research Director - Energy Futures, University of Technology Sydney
Australia has long had a love affair with the internal combustion engine. Its first petrol-powered car was developed in 1901. (Admittedly, the engine was imported from Germany.)
Roll forward 122 years and there’s now a registered motor vehicle for every one of the 20 million people of driving age in Australia. And fossil fuels power 99.9% of...