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political reporter Jake Evans and Angelica Silva

Will the new electric vehicle strategy put more EVs on the road, and how much will they cost?

Australians want electric cars, but federal policy has held back supply for several years. ( Supplied: Volvo)

Australia is way behind most nations on electric vehicles. 

There are fewer choices here and the wait to get them is longer, and as a consequence fewer than 4 per cent of car sales in Australia last year were EVs, compared to 9 per cent in the rest of the world.

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