Victorian Greens MP Sam Hibbins says switching to EVs is essential to cutting greenhouse emissions. -AAP Image
Victorians will receive a $15,000 "eco-bonus" to switch to electric cars and petrol-powered vehicles will be banned by the end of the decade under a plan by the Greens.
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Subsidy payments of about $3000 would also be made to electric car owners for bi-directional chargers, enabling them to charge their vehicle through solar panels in an effort to drive down greenhouse gas emissions.
Under the Greens' Electric Vehicle Rapid Uptake Plan, the sale of petrol cars would be banned from 2030 and Labor's electric vehicle tax would also be scrapped.
Victorian Greens MP and transport spokesman, Sam Hibbins, said transport is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions in Victoria and electric vehicles are the way of the future.
"Electric vehicles are essential to the clean energy revolution," Mr Hibbins said. "Bi-directional charging will allow people to use their car as a clean energy battery and help stabilise the grid as more rooftop solar is installed."
Last month, the Federal government's landmark climate bill passed in parliament, enshrining its emissions target of 43 per cent by 2030.
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