The answer is complex and takes us down a twisting path of carbon targets, “super credits” and other matters that people outside the auto industry generally don’t pay much attention to. At the end of this path, however, is an obvious fact: EVs that sell well in Europe, the US and UK are simply not available in Australia. Volkswagen, which is on track to become the world’s largest EV maker, sold 212,000 EVs worldwide in 2020.