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These days, “I dare say, most of my V8-driven, VB-drinking friends all now believe in climate change and say, ‘What can we do?’ they say,” he said.

Anthony Broese van Groenou, co-founder of Good Car Co, a social enterprise that buys used electric vehicles in bulk to resell, says that after a natural disaster such as a forest fire or flood, he often sees a large stream of investigations. Adding increased fuel prices to the mix means he saw inquiries increase fivefold, he said.

“We have completely exceeded our capacity and we need to hire more staff to meet the demands,” he said.

He said Good Car Co has partnerships with manufacturers to sell their vehicles, but there is currently no influx of new vehicles as manufacturers have not allocated any additional stock to Australia.

The government said the coronavirus pandemic has created global supply chain problems affecting the worldwide supply of both electric and petrol cars. A representative of energy minister Angus Taylor said the government’s generation strategy is “actively seeking to overcome these global constraints and strengthen local production”, adding that the government has committed $2 billion to the fuel and vehicle strategy to make it easier. Australians will switch to electric cars.

But industry advocates and experts say supply won’t improve without a change in government policy.

“Unlike other countries, we don’t have mandatory fuel efficiency standards, we don’t have an adoption target for EVs,” said ANU expert Professor Burke.

Without such measures, there is little incentive for manufacturers to ship more cars to Australia instead of countries where they face requirements to meet fuel efficiency standards, or to avoid penalties in places like the EU for manufacturers whose vehicle fleet exceeds certain emissions targets. in a given year.