Tough new policy measures are needed to dramatically boost sales of electric vehicles and enable Australia to meet its ambitious climate targets, carmakers have declared, calling for more financial incentives and a 2035 ban on petrol cars.

The transport sector generates around 22 per cent of the nation’s emissions, and its pollution is projected to rise in coming years. According to analysis from the government’s advisory agency, the Climate Change Authority, electric vehicles must comprise half of all new cars sold in the next 10 years – about 9 million cars in total – for Australia to reach its climate target to cut emissions at least 62 per cent by 2035.

EV Council chief executive Julie Delvecchio, who represents EV carmakers, has called for a 2035 ban on sales of petrol and diesel ca

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