Electric vehicles
Inside Melbourne engineer’s plans to bring car production back
Richard Mazeika doesn’t plan to produce SUVs or sedans. Instead, he’s hoping to capitalise on an untapped market for electric race cars.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
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The EV haters have a point
Driving from Melbourne to Sydney in BYD’s latest plug-in hybrid underscores why electric vehicles sales are slowing down.
- by David Swan
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Uber EV pilot could jumpstart Australian second-hand market
Ride-share and delivery drivers could lease second-hand Japanese electric vehicles starting from $124 a week, as the company bids to be emissions-free by 2040.
- by Penry Buckley
How green pedal power misses out on perks other battery vehicles enjoy
To drive the uptake of e-bikes, riders and lenders are calling for tax rules to be relaxed as they have been for EV owners.
- by Mike Foley
‘It’s not an inner-city thing’: Bowen reveals the suburbs leading the charge to EVs
Nearly one in 10 cars sold in Australia in the 12 months to the end of April was an electric vehicle. But Australia still has a long way to go to catch up to the global market.
- by Mike Foley
Lithium boss says prices for Australia’s ‘white gold’ may have bottomed
Australia’s largest independent lithium miner is preparing to boost output of the electric battery metal, even as prices languish around three-year lows.
- by Nick Toscano
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Betting on autonomy: Investors are waiting for Tesla’s future to arrive
The electric carmaker’s latest earnings have again missed expectations. It’s time for Elon Musk to keep his promise to turn the company into more than what it is today.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Care packages sent via snail mail
While EV indicating proves to be a Fiat worse than death.
EVs charge to the front – and to the rescue – in clean power reforms
Electric vehicles are a key target of reforms that aim to harness the wave of new, clean energy technology.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano