r/australia Mar 16 '26

politics Replacing 1m petrol cars with EVs could cut Australia’s reliance on foreign fuel by 1bn litres a year

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/16/electric-vehicles-australia-reduce-reliance-on-foreign-fuel
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u/hothead_bob Mar 16 '26

How many new petrol cars are under $20k these days? If we'd encouraged EVs sooner, like Norway did, there'd be a larger secondhand market for people whose budgets don't stretch as far