“Biggest change since Model T”: South Australia wants all new car sales to be electric by 2035
South Australia aims to make all new car sales fully electric by 2035 in what it says will be the biggest step change since the Model T.
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Giles Parkinson is founder and editor of The Driven, and also edits and founded the Renew Economy and One Step Off The Grid web sites. He has been a journalist for nearly 40 years, is a former business and deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review, and owns a Tesla Model 3.
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