Tasmania’s Liberal government has pledged to transition its car fleet to 100 per cent electric vehicles by 2030, just weeks after tabling legislation to lock in the island state’s nation-leading renewable energy target of 200 per cent by 2040.
In a 2020-21 budget statement on Friday, the Gutwein government, which already uses a number of EVs in its fleet, said it would kick off the new commitment with the adoption of four hybrid vehicles over the next two years, with the first set to arrive by the end of the year.
The state will also trial zero emissions buses – electric or hydrogen – in both its northern and southern metropolitan areas over the coming two years, with any additional resources required for this to be allocated in next year’s budget.
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