‘Misinformation’: The Project host Kate Langbroek’s wild EV stance

After reports that EV sales are down on last year, Kate Langbroek made some wild remarks to her baffled co-stars.

The Project star Kate Langbroek made some wild remarks on the Network Ten show that left some of her co-stars looking visibly baffled.

During Tuesday evening’s program, the panel discussed reports that overall EV (electric vehicle) car sales dipped five per cent in April, after experiencing booming growth for the previous three years.

Kate Langbroek made some wild remarks about EVs on The Project. Picture: 10.

Tesla sales tanked 44 per cent despite recent price cuts, in a bid to compete with a growing Chinese EV market.

The tech company is struggling to shift its cars, with a picture of a parking lot showing countless unsold Teslas in Melbourne going viral on Tuesday.

Car experts say the industry is struggling to expand beyond the early adopter phase, blaming bad charging infrastructure and poor resale figures.

Project star Langbroek had another idea entirely, and she wasn’t shy about sharing it.

A picture of a lot full of unsold Teslas went viral on Tuesday. (7News)

“Isn’t it funny that when we don’t want something that we’re supposed to want it’s called misinformation?” Langbroek said.

“The reason I don’t have one is because of information. I don’t want to have to wait four hours to charge my car. I don’t have a garage. I don’t have off-street parking. How am I going to charge my car?”

Her remarks didn’t seem to sit well with co-host Waleed Aly, who was quick to suggest the claim EVs are falling out of favour with the public was in itself just a form of misinformation.

He suggested the dip in sales was likely down to the cost of living crisis.

“This is a beat up isn’t it?” he hit back. “All you’re doing is comparing last year to this year and then saying they’re down 5 per cent … at a time of a cost of living crisis.”

“Well why did we run the story then?” laughed Langbroek.

“Well. I don’t know,” spluttered Aly, before pulling a confused expression and glancing back at his co-star.

Waleed Aly couldn't hide his reaction to his co-star's remarks. Picture: 10.

Sarah Harris then chimed in, pointing out new technologies are always most popular when they first emerge onto the market, which sparked Langbroek to make a comparison that seemed to leave the panel speechless.

“It’s like how my dad was with a CD player,” she remarked. “And you know what, it turned out he was right! Who’s got a CD player now?”

Manufacturers are now heavily discounting new vehicles in an effort to get them off the showroom floor.

A brand new Tesla Model Y is now $11,400 cheaper. The Peugeot E-2008 has been given a massive cut from $63,000 to $39,990. On the lower end of the market, a GWM Ora is down 20 per cent to $35,990.

Prior to the 2022 federal election, the opposition – now the Albanese government – predicted that EVs would make up 89 per cent of new car sales by 2030. Now the federal transport department believes they’ll only make up 27 per cent.

Originally published as ‘Misinformation’: The Project host Kate Langbroek’s wild EV stance