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Daniel Bleakley

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Daniel Bleakley is a clean technology researcher and advocate with a background in engineering and business. He has a strong interest in electric vehicles, renewable energy, manufacturing and public policy.
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Daniel Bleakley

Daniel Bleakley is a clean technology researcher and advocate with a background in engineering and business. He has a strong interest in electric vehicles, renewable energy, manufacturing and public policy.

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Australia Tesla pioneer Simon Hackett becomes anchor investor in Fully Charged

  • July 7, 2023
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Simon Hackett becomes anchor investor in new finance round for Fully Charged, which is rebranding next year to focus on electrification.
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Tesla Model Y
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Tesla Model Y becomes top selling car in UK as GM, VW and Toyota go backwards

  • July 7, 2023
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Tesla Model Y has become UKs top selling car. Its staggering growth is in stark contrast to the legacy brands who are now going backwards on EVs.
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Worrying signs for GM as its EV sales plunge and legacy auto stares into abyss

  • July 6, 2023
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Like Volkswagen and Toyota, GM is not only stalling on EVs but going backwards. As Tesla and BYD smash EV sales records, legacy auto is staring into the abyss.
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“Customer resistance:” Volkswagen cuts EV production as it fails to keep up with market

  • July 6, 2023
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Volkswagen is blaming ending incentives and inflation for cutting production of its electric vehicles at its factory in Germany. However with European and global EV sales surging to their highest levels in June, is this the real reason?
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Solid state batteries: Toyota has history of talking big on EV breakthrough, but not delivering

  • July 5, 2023
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Media reports of Toyota's "battery breakthrough" should be taken with a grain of salt. The company has been promising big things on batteries for more than 14 years.
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Toyota 2023 AGM
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“I don’t know if love can beat Tesla:” Toyota’s mixed messages on EV transition

  • July 5, 2023
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New details of Toyota's recent general meeting have emerged including why it rejected shareholder proposals to disclose the companies climate lobbying.
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New research shows car owners can save $10,000 with strong fuel efficiency standards

  • July 4, 2023
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Study commissioned by Climate Council and Electric Vehicle Council shows Australians could share in up to $13.6 billion in savings from strong vehicle efficiency standards.
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Gaping hole in pollution policy: Non-road diesel engines face noxious emissions standard

  • July 3, 2023
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Non-road diesel engines burn through as much as diesel as Australia's 5 million on-road diesel vehicles. But they are completely unregulated, and deadly.
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Tesla on track to smash targets after producing almost a million EVs in first 6 months

  • July 3, 2023
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Exponential: Tesla smashes its quarterly sales and production records and is on track to beat its 2023 production target of 2 million EVs.
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World’s largest battery make CATL to build multiple recycling plants in Europe

  • June 30, 2023
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The world's largest battery maker CATL is in talks to set up multiple battery recycling facilities in Europe and in North America.
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