Environment / Transport

Farmers, builders keen for EVs but right vehicles not for sale

18:09 pm on 14 June 2021

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Those in industries reliant on higher emission vehicles say the government's clean car package unfairly targets them when no viable alternatives exist.

Fees of up to almost six thousand dollars will need to be paid on new petrol vehicles depending on their emissions.

But, as Timothy Brown reports, those in the farming and construction say there's nothing else on the market.