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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.

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Atto 3 fixed pricing confirmed, as BYD gears up to power 1 million EVs a year

EV Direct confirms there will be no hiking up of or bargaining on prices for the BYD Atto 3 electric crossover.

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Will MG’s next EV for Australia be a budget hatch, seductive sportscar or V2L powerbox?

MG is shaping up to introduce three more electric vehicles and at least two of them are likely to head to Australia.

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Electric Cars

Tesla to open Berlin gigafactory on Friday, delivery event planned

Tesla's Berlin EV factory is expected to start making Model Ys for delivery to customers within weeks, with final approval for manufacture expected by Friday.

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St Baker buys into Tesla ride sharing company Revel, plans “superhub” network

Trevor St Baker joins global giants to boost Revel, which operates EV charging "Superhubs" and a ride-hail fleet of Tesla electric cars in New York.

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All-electric Cupra Born spotted charging “in the wild” on Sydney roads

First photos of electric Cupra Born "in the wild" snapped as local evaluation and testing continues.

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Tesla opens free supercharging for all EVs in areas affected by Ukraine invasion

Tesla opens its Superchargers - with no cost to charge - to all makes of electric cars in parts of Europe affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.