Australian Electric Vehicle Association vice president Clive Attwater said a minimum of 11 to 13 charging stations would provide statewide coverage for electric car drivers. 

Mr Attwater’s statements come in the wake of Labor’s  $32.5 million energy policy, which pledged $7.5 million to make Tasmania “a leader in electric and alternative fuel vehicles”. 

This would include a rollout of electric car charging stations, switching the government’s car fleet to electric and converting Metro buses to run on electricity. 

The Liberals’ energy policy, headlined by a pledge to drop energy prices by 10 per cent, did not include provisions for electric car proliferation. 

However, the government created a $250,000 electric vehicle working group to investigate the installation of charging stations in November.

“The time is approaching when electric transport will be seen as superior, and it’s most important we’re ready for that transition,” Mr Attwater said.

“We need infrastructure and regulatory framework worked out in this space, and it’s more important that it’s done right instead of done fast.”

Mr Attwood said putting electric buses on the routes that “make the most sense” would reduce air pollution.

Labor also pledged to produce 120 per cent of the state’s current energy needs through renewable energy in five years and install solar panels on all new public housing.

The extra 20 per cent of energy created would be exported to the mainland.