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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Electric cars crash Aussie records but utes top charts

Electric car sales are growing but are far outnumbered by diesel utes, a hurdle for emission cuts. (HANDOUT/CITY OF SYDNEY)

Electric cars made up almost one in 10 new vehicles sold in Australia, according to new data, in the best result for the low-emission technology to date.

But the popularity of diesel utes also soared by 26 per cent in Australia during February, according to the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries' report, and made up two in every five vehicles sold. 

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