Brendan Jones, Author at The Driven IO

Friday, July 17, 2026

Brendan Jones

Brendan Jones is an electrical engineer, data scientist and passionate advocate for renewable energy and electric vehicles.

EV News

Audi gets serious in 12 model EV offensive, starting with quattro e-tron
Audi launches an all out marketing campaign for its new all-electric SUV, the Audi e-tron quattro – the first of 12 EV models.
Bridie Schmidt

Sep 18, 2018

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EV News

10 actions local governments can take to support EVs and clean transport
With transport pollution in Australia, local councils are stepping up with innovative measures to make our air cleaner.
Tony Bosworth

Sep 17, 2018

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Electric Cars

Tesla will fix its own cars, says Musk – at least in the US
Tesla tells customers that they can bring their cars in for body repairs, in a bid to reduce the painfully long wait times some Tesla owners are experiencing.
Bridie Schmidt

Sep 17, 2018

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Charging & V2G

In Netherlands, every McDonalds Drive-In will have EV charging stations
Nuon to provide fast food chain McDonald’s with EV charging stations at all of the franchise’s McDrive locations.
Bridie Schmidt

Sep 17, 2018

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Electric Cars

BMW’s vision of the future? An electric SUV you may not drive
BMW chooses the fuselage of a cargo plane in New York to unveil latest vision of the future of cars: an intelligent, autonomous, electric SUV.
Bridie Schmidt

Sep 17, 2018

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EV News

Western Australia’s Lithium Valley – a one stop shop for EV raw materials
Western Australia is looking at how it can become the world’s one-stop shop for raw materials for electric vehicle, creating an industry worth tens of billions.
Tony Bosworth

Sep 17, 2018

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EV News

Volvo goes electric and autonomous with cab-less truck
Early next year Volvo will unleash a 16-tonne all-electric truck and Vera is set to follow in its tyre tracks.
Tony Bosworth

Sep 14, 2018

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EV News

Move over James Bond: Aston Martin reveals ‘secrets’ of all-electric Rapide E
Aston Martin has revealed details of its all-new, all-electric Rapid E: 155 copies will be assembled next year, and not one more.
Bridie Schmidt

Sep 14, 2018

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EV News

A $20,000 Aussie hatchback EV could cause a ‘Kodak-Moment’ for car industry
Remember how the old cell phone was largely replaced by the smart phone in one replacement cycle? Remember how film cameras gave way to digital cameras over a couple of years? That could happen with EVs.
Bede Doherty

Sep 14, 2018

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FAQs

We’re already off-grid. Do we need more panels and batteries for an EV?
Our new home is off-grid and the system works well for our current needs. What would we need to add if we wanted to add an electric car to the mix?
Bryce Gaton

Sep 14, 2018

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EV News

Why Tritium’s funding for ultra fast EV chargers could be a game changer
Tritium’s founder and CTO explains why its US funding is so significant and a potential game-change for charging and what it could mean for Australian EV drivers.
Bridie Schmidt

Sep 14, 2018

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EV News

Australian customers will be able to access “cheap” version of Tesla Model 3
Tesla said to be within eight months of manufacturing “cheap” version of Model 3, which will be good news for Australian customers.
Bridie Schmidt

Sep 13, 2018

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