SA environment minister challenges Morrison government to ‘fast-track’ electric vehicle transition

With oil price shocks caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, SA’s energy minister said there had ‘never been a better time’ to transition to electric vehicles. Photograph: Mark Baker/AP

South Australia’s environment minister has challenged the federal government to “fast-track” Australia’s transition to electric vehicles by matching the state’s subsidy scheme aimed at increasing uptake.

Speaking to Guardian Australia, David Speirs said that with a federal election looming and an oil price shock caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine inflating the cost of petrol there had “never been a better time” to transition to electric cars.