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Bridie Schmidt

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Bridie Schmidt is associate editor for The Driven, sister site of Renew Economy. She has been writing about electric vehicles since 2018, and has a keen interest in the role that zero-emissions transport has to play in sustainability. She has participated in podcasts such as Download This Show with Marc Fennell and Shirtloads of Science with Karl Kruszelnicki and is co-organiser of the Northern Rivers Electric Vehicle Forum. Bridie also owns a Tesla Model Y and has it available for hire on evee.com.au.

Bridie Schmidt

Queensland’s electric super highway to expand to over 30 electric car chargers

Queensland is set to triple its electric car charging network from 17 charging sites to more than 50.

Elon Musk speaking at the Sorbonne in Paris in 2015.

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Elon Musk appeals to Tesla staff to ramp up car deliveries to make quarter profitable

Musk encourages staff to speed up deliveries of its suite of electric vehicles to try and achieve a record quarterly profit.

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Tasmania charges up with grants to install electric car chargers

Tasmanian businesses, municipalities, educational and community organisations are receiving up to $450,000 funding for EV chargers.

Marcus Parentis, the head of the technology team at Bosch in charge of the control units behind the electric light aircraft. Source: Bosch

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Why there may be more than 1 billion electric flying taxi flights by 2030

There could be more than 1 billion flights in electric air taxis by 2030, in an industry predicted to be worth more than $2 trillion.

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More drivers looking to buy hybrid vehicles in Australia, young look to ride-share

Roy Morgan suggests that drivers increasingly want to buy hybrid cars, but overall sales will fall as people look to electric and car-sharing options.