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Australians will have greater choice in buying cars which are cheaper to run and do not generate as much carbon emissions following the passage of the Federal Government's New Vehicle Efficiency Standard on Thursday.

More than 100 companies and organisations in Australia have joined in a push to try and get at least a million electric vehicles on the country's roads by 2027.

Australian electric vehicle sales have picked up in 2021 compared to the previous year, with 8688 vehicles sold in the six months to June, compared to 6900 for the whole of calendar 2020.

The national body representing the electric vehicle industry in Australia, the Electric Vehicle Council, has issued a scathing critique of a Future Fuels discussion paper put out by the Federal Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor, describing it as “yet another flaccid, do-nothing document that will prevent Australians getting access to the world’s best electric vehicles.”