Prior to the election, Rudd announced that he would work to get hybrid cars being manufactured in Australia.

Mitsubishi already have a plant in South Australia that could potentially be modified to enable the manufacture of the just announced Mitsubishi electric car, that is rumoured to be based on the model that was shown at the Tokyo motor show recently and is pictured below. The Mitsubishi is due to be available to the market in 2010. 

If Rudd could pull that off it would be a tremendous coup. Delivers ongoing motor car manufacturing, so some kind of national independance in the sector; continuing jobs in the motor industry; a green vision for the electorate (who are crying out for continuing green thinking, as indicated by the huge green vote in the election).

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