There are so few electric cars in Australia, you probably know very few people who drive one.

While the Europeans and Americans are surging ahead, we haven't even had a national plan to boost sales — until last week, when the Federal Government released a new strategy.

Today, an electric vehicle expert on whether we can catch up with the rest of the world and how soon we'll all be driving one.

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Dr Adhikari Smith, research fellow, University of Queensland, Brisbane