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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Electric vehicles double amid calls for faster progress

Electric vehicle sales are surging across Australia. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

The number of electric cars on Australian roads has more than doubled, with almost 100,000 purchased within 12 months and the low-emission vehicles making up one in every five new cars sold in the nation's capital. 

The Electric Vehicle Council released the findings on Friday in its annual industry recap that also showed charging locations spiked by 75 per cent during 2023, with NSW and Queensland leading the charging change.

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