Australia raises luxury car tax threshold for EVs for second year in row
The federal government has again raised the luxury car tax threshold for electric vehicles in Australia, after a decade of little change.
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Sophie is editor of One Step Off The Grid and deputy editor of its sister site, Renew Economy. Sophie has been writing about clean energy for more than a decade.
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