Electric Vehicles (EVs) offer the promise of inexpensive and environmentally friendly driving. Yet, despite the allure of this promise, ​sales of EVs in Australia and NSW have not increased in line with global trends.

It is in this context that this e-brief discusses the potential benefits of EVs; the main concerns relating to their manufacture and use; global EV policies; the relationship between EV policy and energy policy; and recent developments in Queensland and Victoria.