Australia urged to copy UK ban on new fossil fuel cars by 2035
Australia urged to follow UK's example in banning sales of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035 as electric car sales triple in 2019, but fall well short of where they should be.
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Bridie Schmidt is associate editor for The Driven, sister site of Renew Economy. She has been writing about electric vehicles since 2018, and has a keen interest in the role that zero-emissions transport has to play in sustainability. She has participated in podcasts such as Download This Show with Marc Fennell and Shirtloads of Science with Karl Kruszelnicki and is co-organiser of the Northern Rivers Electric Vehicle Forum. Bridie also owns a Tesla Model Y and has it available for hire on evee.com.au.
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