CarExpert Founder Paul Maric says Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen’s electric vehicle strategy is “pricing the average Australian” out of getting a car by “excluding the type of car they can buy” in Australia.
“The government needs to look at incentives to make electric vehicles
better and cheaper for the average consumer,” he told Sky News host Peta Credlin.
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