00:02Topping up with one of these is a big cost saver in a fuel crisis.
00:07It's less of a burden compared to everyone else.
00:09For a full charge in this, I've never spent any more than like $35.
00:14As fuel costs have risen during the Middle East war, so have EV sales.
00:19There were more than 15,000 sold in Australia in March,
00:23a 42% increase on the previous month.
00:26The state government wants that to continue.
00:28It makes us less reliant on Middle Eastern petrol and oil.
00:33Its updated EV strategy includes further subsidies for companies with fleet vehicles
00:39to electrify bigger trucks and an extra 1,000 EV chargers
00:44targeted in regional areas and suburban black spots.
00:48We don't want people to be anywhere more than 100km away from a fast charger
00:52so they can have the confidence to go wherever they want.
00:54Labor's already funded more than 3,000 charges across the state.
00:59The opposition says today's announcement is old news.
01:02Labor's response to the fuel crisis is to dust off a four-year-old strategy, call it a refresh.
01:09It's likely to be a couple of years until those extra 1,000 charges are in place.
01:14But the Premier says that it's likely this is not the last fuel crisis
01:18that drivers will have to deal with.
01:20We would be absolutely crazy to believe that this is the last conflict
01:24that will take place in the Middle East.
01:25Unlocking options for drivers considering the switch to electric.
01:30where we can't get a good start.
01:30Let's take a break.
01:33Unlocking options for a week,
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