Fisker takes new tack on electric SUV market with lease offer
Customers invited to make $US250 reservations for Fisker Ocean, a full month ahead of January 2020 unveil. New details of the luxury electric SUV also revealed.
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Sophie is editor of One Step Off The Grid and deputy editor of its sister site, Renew Economy. Sophie has been writing about clean energy for more than a decade.
Driverless vehicles and pedestrians don’t mix. So how do we re-arrange our cities?
Videos showing autonomous or self-driving vehicles weaving in and out of crossroads at speed without colliding suggest this technology will solve traffic problems. The reality is that they don’t fit.
Audi jettisons near 10,000 jobs as it focuses on electric, e-tron available in Australia in 2020
Audi pares back operations and staff to better prepare itself for transition to electric vehicles, and says e-tron will arrive in Australia in H2 2020.
Interest in Tesla Cybertruck goes wild with over 250,000 pre-orders
Interest in Elon Musk's radical and polarising Cybertruck continues with 250,000 pre-orders now taken for the all-electric ute.
Tesla Cybertruck may be unsafe for other road users, says Australian safety chief
ANCAP chief James Goodwin says angular design and steel construction of Tesla Cybertruck electric ute may pose safety risks to other road users such as pedestrians.
Ford fast tracks Mustang Mach E for UK, and maybe Australia
US auto giant Ford is already making plans to sell the Mustang Mach E in right hand drive markets including the UK and Australia.
BMW electric car sales chart shows Tesla Model 3 taking over Europe
BMW's annual electric mobility report shows it is the Tesla Model 3 that is rapidly reshaping European markets,
Long range Nissan Leaf and e-Niro soon available under new “grey import” rules
The long range Nissan Leaf e+, and Kia electric models will soon be available for purchase in Australia due to changes in federal vehicle "grey import" laws.
Chargefox to give Mercedes electric SUV drivers five years free charging
Drivers of Mercedes EQC electric SUV available in Australian showrooms from early December will get five years free ultra-rapid charging in new deal with Chargefox.
All torque: Musk, deGrasse Tyson in hot debate over Cybertruck’s tug-o-war video
Elon Musk takes on eminent American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson over why the Cybertruck so easily pulled the Ford F-150 up a hill.