Sweden passes bill to ban new ICE car sales by 2030
Sweden joins Scandinavian neighbours Denmark and Norway in push for zero emissions transport, passing a bill banning the sale of new petrol and diesel cars starting in 2030.
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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.
NSW electric car targets not enough, say MP, EV Council
NSW independent MP Jeremy Buckingham wants to see higher EV targets, and EV Council CEO Behyad Jafari agrees more can be done – particularly in an election year.
Victoria and NSW give green light to autonomous vehicle future
Victoria taps Bosch to conduct high-speed automated trials and NSW announces plan to formulate connected autonomous vehicle policy.
NSW government commits millions to electric vehicle push
$5 million total funding and a policy of 10 per cent EV fleet starting 2020 announced by NSW government as part of Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Plan.
It’s official – Australia is the world’s number one laggard in EV adoption
GoCompare set out to see which countries are best prepared for the future of electric cars. The result, for Australia, is pretty damning.
Queensland government take its first delivery of Hyundai Ioniq electric vehicle
Queensland adds its first full electric vehicle, the Hyundai Ioniq, to its fleet, with a plan to have 288 EVs by 2022.
Queensland bends the rules to respond to surge in e-scooter demand
New rules come into force that will give Queenslanders greater choice and freedom to choose and use electric personal transport options like e-scooters.
ACT encourages staff to go green with electric-bike salary sacrifice option
ACT government introduces next step in zero emission action plan, giving staffers option to lease an e-bike.
Turnbull expects lots of electric vehicles on road soon, including his own
Former PM says he expects to see "very large" percentage of electric vehicles on Australia's roads in "very near future", and he will most likely be driving one of them.
Senate EV inquiry report faces delay, pending modelling outcomes
Senate inquiry into electric vehicles likely to delay recommendations for up to two months after deciding to commission modelling of various proposals.