Labor government’s ‘great promise’ for electric cars ‘way below their targets’

Sky News host Chris Kenny says Energy Minister Chris Bowen and the Labor government’s “great promise” for electric cars is “way below their targets”.

The Labor government’s electric vehicle strategy is set to fail as estimates suggest fewer than a third of new cars bought by 2030 will be battery-operated.

The Federal Transport Department calculates EVs will make up 27 per cent of sales – with these numbers being below the 89 per cent prediction.

Mr Kenny says Labor…