ELECTRIC VEHICLES FEATURE
The car industry is in the grip of a renewables revolution that will change the face of towing as we know it. With the meteoric rise of electric vehicles (EVs) globally, it's only a matter of time before big fossil fuel-thirsty SUVs are on the nose in Australia.
While EV innovation has a way to go before it can reliably pull a full-size caravan cost effectively here, like it or not, change is coming. And it's long overdue, as Australia lags behind the rest of the developed world in transitioning to a sustainable vehicle future.
THE CASE FOR EVS
Australia needs to clean up the car industry in order to meet its 2050 net zero emissions target. In 2022, the transport sector produced almost one-fifth of the country's carbon emissions, with a 60 per cent share attributed to passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. Without intervention, the transport sector is projected to be Australia's largest emissions producer by 2030.
With these sobering statistics in mind, the race is on to transition to vehicles powered
