World EV roadtrip reveals an Australian market lagging behind

Longtime electric vehicle researcher hits the road in four countries to discover the cost Australia is paying for almost a decade of inaction

As the recent electric vehicle summit got under way Dr Jake Whitehead was sitting in a plane somewhere over the Indian Ocean.

The conference was intended as a reset to overcome nearly a decade of Australia’s policy inertia on electric vehicles and road transport under the former Coalition government – but Whitehead, head of policy at the Electric Vehicle Council, was on holiday.

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