Kia e-Niro picks up coveted Car of the Year award
Kia's crossover EV, the e-Niro, takes out What Car? top gong, beating other electric cars to become the first EV to win the Car of the Year award.
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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 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.
Report predicts 21m electric cars by 2030, price parity by 2022
New report from Deloitte predicts massive increase in EVs on road by 2030, and price parity with ICE vehicles by 2022.
Tesla backpedals on Supercharger rate increase
Tesla does a rethink on increases to its Supercharger rates, after taking customer feedback on board.
NSW electric car targets not enough, say MP, EV Council
NSW independent MP Jeremy Buckingham wants to see higher EV targets, and EV Council CEO Behyad Jafari agrees more can be done – particularly in an election year.
Tesla Model 3 approved and rolling off assembly line ready for Europe
A critical step for Tesla as the EV maker's best-selling model readies for sale in the EU, up against popular European brands including BMW and Volkswagen.
Victoria and NSW give green light to autonomous vehicle future
Victoria taps Bosch to conduct high-speed automated trials and NSW announces plan to formulate connected autonomous vehicle policy.
Norway has 200,000 EVs and its best seller is the Nissan Leaf
Norway continues to lead the charge in electric vehicle uptake, hitting the 200,000 mark – and a quarter of those are Nissan Leafs.
NSW government commits millions to electric vehicle push
$5 million total funding and a policy of 10 per cent EV fleet starting 2020 announced by NSW government as part of Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Plan.
Graph of the Day: Hyundai Kona EV export sales on the increase
Global sales of the Hyundai Kona EV are on the up, as Australia readies itself for the arrival of the 400km range compact SUV EV.
Tesla increases Supercharger prices, cuts jobs in expansion bid
Musk says Tesla needs to trim its workforce if it can hope to deliver a truly affordable "mass market" Model 3. The company has also put up its EV Supercharger rates.