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Bridie Schmidt and Giles Parkinson

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Tesla Model Y generates huge interest in Australia as wait times already pushed back

  • June 12, 2022
  • Bridie Schmidt and Giles Parkinson
Huge interest in Tesla Model Y on Friday. Image: Bridie Schmidt
One customer put in his order while still holding the new born. Thousands flocked to show rooms for the Model Y, and the wait time for deliveries is already out to eight months.
The Tesla Model Y. Source: Tesla
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  • EV News

Tesla opens orders for Model Y in Australia, with cars in every show room

  • June 10, 2022
  • Bridie Schmidt and Giles Parkinson
The Tesla Model Y electric crossover has finally gone on sale in Australia, after a long two year wait. Specs confirmed.
elon musk
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Tesla now worth double Toyota as analysts factor in huge EV battery play

  • August 18, 2020
  • Bridie Schmidt and Giles Parkinson
Tesla stock goes through roof, now worth nearly twice that of Toyota, as analysts factor Tesla becoming major supplier of EV batteries.
elon musk
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  • 3 min
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Tesla surges stunning 20% as investors rethink batteries and full self driving

  • February 4, 2020
  • Bridie Schmidt and Giles Parkinson
Tesla stock surges another 20%, and short sellers take another haircut, as some analysts predict another 10-fold rise based on self driving technology.
model X nose
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Tesla adds $20 billion in value on news of quarterly profit, Model Y ramp

  • January 30, 2020
  • Bridie Schmidt and Giles Parkinson
Tesla shares soar again with the release of Q4 2019 earnings reporting another quarterly profit and positive cash flow.
Current EV charging systems can take at least 30-45 minutes, while the new resarch promises to cut this down to minutes. Credit: Kārlis Dambrāns
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Australia slow shift to EVs is putting carbon budget at risk

  • August 26, 2019
  • Bridie Schmidt and Giles Parkinson
Australia's slow uptake of electric vehicles could blow out the carbon budget, and a target of 50% EV sales 2030 was needed to keep the country on track.
Electric Power
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Calls to abolish luxury car tax for EVs, as government loosens threshold for petrol cars

  • June 12, 2019
  • Bridie Schmidt and Giles Parkinson
Petition calls for removal of luxury car tax, which has remained static for electric vehicles in recent years while the threshold has been steadily relaxed for petrol and diesel cars.
The Model 3 in Martin Place, Sydney this week. Supplied
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Tesla Model 3 finally on sale in Australia: pricing, specs and everything you need to know

  • May 31, 2019
  • Bridie Schmidt and Giles Parkinson
The Tesla Model 3 online order page goes live in Australia, with first deliveries in August.
Elon Musk says there is no question Australia can reach a target of 50% electric vehicle sales by 2030 .
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Musk says Australia can meet 50pct electric car target well before 2030

  • April 10, 2019
  • Bridie Schmidt and Giles Parkinson
Is a 50% electric vehicle target too ambitious? Elon Musk says it can be met well before the 2030 deadline.
Solar carpark canopies such as at Westfield Marion could help manage electric car charging "hotspots". Source: Scentre Group
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Electric cars can smooth grid and reduce energy prices, report says

  • April 9, 2019
  • Bridie Schmidt and Giles Parkinson
Illuminating report shows that electric cars could in fact lower electricity prices and stabilise the grid, while energy minister responsible for agency that commissioned the report says the opposite.

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