Major cracks are appearing in the car industry's effort to slow the progress of the federal government's proposed National Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES), with a second electric vehicle manufacturer severing ties with a Canberra-based national lobby group on Friday.
Fast-growing Chinese-Swedish EV maker Polestar has joined with global EV giant Tesla in cutting its links with the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) after the chief executive of the lobby group, Tony Weber, was accused of "cherry-picking" information to support its biggest member car companies.
