“We have lower electric vehicles sales than any other country in the OECD.”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Butler's claim is close to the mark. As a proportion of total new car sales, thirty-two OECD member countries have higher sales rates for electric vehicles than Australia does. Australia is ahead of just Mexico, Chile and Turkey — emerging economies that are not usually considered at the same state of development as Australia. Mr Butler would have been more accurate had he said Australia has lower electric vehicle sales than comparable developed countries. Labor's proposed target would inc...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Mark Butler (Opposition spokesman for climate change and energy) made this claim around 1 April 2019. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 3 May 2019, 32 days later. Its rating was “Close to the mark”.
Where the claim appeared
- markbutler.net.auhttps://www.markbutler.net.au/news/transcripts/am-agenda-interview/
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