Tesla and the electric-car industry generally thrive in the world’s richest nations. Not so in Australia, where even tractors outsell electric vehicles two to one.

More than four decades after Mel Gibson’s super-charged Ford Falcon roared across the country in Mad Max, the car-loving nation is defying a global shift to electrification. Battery-powered vehicles made up just 0.7 per cent of Australia’s new car sales last year, while in the UK and European Union, the figure soared to more than 10 per cent.

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