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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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Tesla says a sustainable economy will save 16 billion tonnes of fossil fuels a year

  • May 28, 2024
  • Daniel Bleakley
Tesla 2023 Impact Report
Tesla's 2023 impact report reveals improvements on self-driving safety as well as stunning figures on how much mining could be avoided with a full transition to clean technology.
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  • EV News

“Not good:” Elon Musk slams US EV tariff as three quarters of young Americans say they’d consider buying a Chinese vehicle

  • May 27, 2024
  • Daniel Bleakley
Survey find most young US people would consider buying a Chinese vehicle. The polling comes days after a 100% tariff was slapped on imports of Chinese EVs, a move Elon Musk says will "distort the market".
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  • 4 min
  • EV News
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China’s first carbon border tax? Insiders flag big tariff on imported US gas guzzlers

  • May 27, 2024
  • Daniel Bleakley
A battle between clean tech and fossil dinosaurs? Insiders say China is poised to slap a 25 per cent tariff on imports of "large-engined" vehicles from the US and Europe.
Photo by Sabina Fratila on Unsplash
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  • 5 min
  • EV News
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Will Australia dare follow Paris and support bikes and electric trucks instead of fossil SUVs?

  • May 26, 2024
  • Daniel Bleakley
The Australian government admits that growing SUV sales threaten to undermine progress on EVs. It hints at following Paris and other parts of Europe in encouraging bikes and electric trucks.
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  • 2 min
  • Charging
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New York startup launches 500kW “charging trees”, says it will grow network bigger than Tesla

  • May 26, 2024
  • Daniel Bleakley
An innovative New York startup company has developed a space-saving EV charger that unlocks up to 500kW speed charging in street-side and tight underground parking applications. The company, which has received funding from Google, says its network will be bigger than Tesla's.
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“It’s all about the money:” US town saves $80,000 a year by switching to electric police vehicles

  • May 23, 2024
  • Daniel Bleakley
A small town has been switching its police vehicles to electric. Fuel costs are now just a tenth of what they were and switching all police cars in the US could save around $US1.6 billion per year.
UK Transport Secretary, Mark Harper
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  • 5 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles

“An automotive revolution:” UK paves the way for self-driving electric cars by 2026

  • May 22, 2024
  • Daniel Bleakley
Self-driving vehicles could be on British roads as soon as 2026 as AV Act becomes law, requiring safety at least as high as "careful and competent" human drivers.
Chief Advocacy Officer Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia Dr Adele Lausberg and Susie Smith from Climate Change Authority at Truck Show X
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  • 5 min
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“Eclipsed our wildest dreams:” Trucking industry starts to embrace electric future

  • May 21, 2024
  • Daniel Bleakley
The Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia has held Australia's first zero emission trucking conference as the industry starts to get serious about the transition to new technologies.
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  • 5 min
  • EV News

“We saved $17,000 in one hour:” Australia’s first electric truck show gives taste of the future

  • May 20, 2024
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  • Daniel Bleakley
Inaugural zero emission Truck Show X conference heralded as huge success, with head of Australian trucking industry group saying the event eclipsed wildest expectations.
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  • 3 min
  • EV News

Retrofit nation: Call for mass conversion of Australia’s truck fleet to spark battery industry

  • May 17, 2024
  • Daniel Bleakley
A call has gone out for projects that think big on ways to achieve the rapid conversion of half the Australian vehicle fleet to EV’s – over 10 million vehicles.

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