Slow Start for Australian Second-Hand Electric Vehicle Market

Slow Start for Australian Second-Hand Electric Vehicle Market
A Tesla Model X is photographed alongside a Model S at a Tesla electric car dealership in Sydney, Australia, May 31, 2017. Reuters/Jason Reed/File Photo
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Only one in 100 second-hand vehicles for sale is electric and it could take three years for the situation to significantly improve, experts warn.

Greater government subsidies targeting fleets and second-hand vehicles may boost supply, they say, which could otherwise slow the wider uptake of zero-emission vehicles and cuts to transport pollution.

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