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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

'Half of new cars to be electric by 2030'

FCAI data shows Tesla's Model Y has become Australia's tenth highest selling vehicle. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

Almost half of all new cars sold in Australia by 2030 will be battery electric vehicles, according to a new analysis of Australian government policy by the Climateworks Centre.

But the think tank warned this target will fall short of limiting climate change to 2C and would need to be significantly higher to limit temperature rises to 1.5C.

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