This is how electric cars will transform our lives

Oct 10, 2017

A Tesla Model X vehicle is taken for a test drive at a Tesla electric car dealership in Sydney, Australia, May 31, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Reed - RC120BBF07D0

Electric vehicles could be good news for suppliers to the Chinese market, including Australia. Image: REUTERS/Jason Reed

Hussein Dia

Associate Professor (Transport), Swinburne University of Technology

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