Adhikari Smith News Today

While the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard is an important milestone, it's not the only stumbling block Australia needs to focus on.

Researchers say there are five things Australia needs to do to capitalise on an electric future.

There are so few electric cars in Australia, you probably know very few people who drive one. While the Europeans and Americans are surging ahead, we haven't even had a national plan to boost sales — until last week, when the Federal Government released a new strategy. Today, an electric vehicle expert on whether we can catch up with the rest of the world and how soon we'll all be driving one. Featured: Dr Adhikari Smith, research fellow, University of Queensland, Brisbane

You can expect many more EVs on the road in the coming years if the government imposes carbon emission caps on car makers. But how many more people will buy EVs, and will they be cheaper?