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Freight industry wants to use electric trucks and vans but says government inaction is holding it back

Australia is already well behind in the global race to electrify cars, but truck drivers say they need help to switch over, too.

Just 2 per cent of new car sales in Australia last year were electric, compared with 9 per cent worldwide.

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