Electric Cars

The Driven Podcast: Bill Shorten on his new Tesla, and what it did to his weekend

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Giles Parkinson

Bill Shorten may no longer be leader of the Labor Party, but he does own a Tesla, becoming the first federal MP to go electric as part of his parliamentary package. Did it ruin his weekend?

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