Bank Australia announced this week that it will stop offering loans for new gas and diesel cars in 2025 as part of the shift to electric vehicles.
announced this week that it will stop funding loans for new gas and diesel cars in 2025 to encourage the shift to electric vehicles.
"We think that the responsible thing for us to do next, is to ensure that our vehicle lending doesn’t lock our customers in to higher carbon emissions and increasingly expensive running costs in the years ahead," Bank Australia Chief Impact Officer Sasha Courville said in a statement on Friday. "Ultimately, our announcement today is the beginning of a conversation with our customers and a signal to the wider market that if you’re considering, you should think seriously about an electric vehicle – both for its impact on the climate and for its lifetime cost savings."
FILE PHOTO: A Tesla Model X vehicle is taken for a test drive at a Tesla electric car dealership in Sydney, Australia. Electric vehicle sales are increasing in Australia, but still make up a small fraction of all cars sold.
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