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Adrian Black

Plug-in hybrid sales slide as tax break is switched off

Electric vehicle sales still make up a small portion of Australia's total market. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Australians have backed away from plug-in hybrid electric vehicles after the scrapping of a key tax break sent sales into a discharge cycle.

Plug-in hybrid vehicle sales dropped to 2601 in April, representing 2.9 per cent of total sales, down from 4.7 per cent in March, according to figures from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries.

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