Banning combustion engine cars by 2035 will be necessary to get Australia moving on electric vehicles

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Australia considers 2035 petrol car ban; regional areas voice EV infrastructure concerns. Electric Vehicles Council calls for government support.

Australia’s EV Council Pushes for Petrol and Diesel Car Ban to Meet Climate Targets

Australia’s Electric Vehicle (EV) Council is calling on the federal government to set a clear timeframe to phase out petrol and diesel cars. The push comes as the Australian Labor government commits to cutting national emissions by between 62 to 70 percent by 2035. The EV Council said achieving that goal will require five million EVs on the road, or about 20 times the current number. EV Council CEO Julie Delvecchio said Australia need stronger p…

Banning combustion engine cars by 2035 will be necessary to get Australia moving on electric vehicles

Kokkai Ng/GettyAustralia’s sluggish electric vehicle transition has begun to accelerate. In the first half of the year, more than 72,000 battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles were sold. That’s about 12% of all new cars, up almost a quarter over the same period in 2024. Despite this momentum, progress is still too slow. EVs now dominate in countries such as Norway (98.3% of new cars), Nepal (76%) and China (51%). Australia is lagging. If n…

For Australia to get moving on electric vehicles, we must ban petrol and diesel cars by 2035

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Australian National Review - Australia’s EV Council Pushes for Petrol and Diesel Car Ban to Meet Climate Targets

A charging station for electric cars is pictured at a shopping mall in Bochum, western Germany, on Oct. 15, 2025. Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images Australia’s Electric Vehicle (EV) Council is calling on the federal government to set a clear timeframe to phase out petrol and diesel cars. The push comes as the Australian Labor government commits to cutting national emissions by between 62 to 70 percent by 2035. We had a problem loading this ar…