Energy Minister Angus Taylor says the Government is not against electric vehicles, but believes it is not the role of government to tell people what cars to drive.
The Coalition says it is not anti-electric vehicles, but that it is also not the role of government to tell people which cars they should drive.Energy Minister Mark Butler says the Government does not want to tell people what cars to drive
Mr Butler says Malcolm Turnbull's proposal for new vehicle emissions standards was never Coalition policyElectric vehicles have been dragged into the election, with the Government claimingThe political bunfight comes at a time when more and more global car manufacturers are rolling out electric vehicles and foreign governments, including the UK, France and China, are planning to ban or limit sales of new vehicles with internal combustion engines in the next couple of decades.
Energy Minister Angus Taylor said his party was not against electric cars and was working on an electric vehicle strategy, but a returned Coalition Government would not follow the lead of other countries. "There's a big range of policies around the world, but you've got to remember Australia is a country where we travel large distances. We are a large country with low-density cities," Mr Taylor told 7.30.
"What we're not going to do is tell people what cars to drive. That's just not the role of government. We don't think that's appropriate and it's probably less appropriate in Australia than some other countries."
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