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Milad Haghani, Senior Lecturer of Urban Analytics & Resilience, UNSW Sydney

Electric car sales have slumped. Misinformation is one of the reasons

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Battery electric vehicle sales in Australia have flattened in recent months. The latest data reveal a sharp 27.2% year-on-year decline (overall new vehicle sales were down 9.7%) in September. Tesla Model Y and Model 3 cars had an even steeper drop of nearly 50%.

Sales also fell in August (by 18.5%) and July (1.5%). There’s a clear downward trend.

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