Garry Thorpe, Author at The Driven IO

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Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

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Garry Thorpe

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The Driven Podcast: V2G, FSD, and rollout delays
Tim Eden joins Sam to unpack Origin’s V2G trial, and shifting EV strategies. Plus, producer Tanya Shukla shares a passenger’s-eye view of Tesla FSD Supervised.
Sam Parkinson

Oct 3, 2025

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Tesla Model Y rebounds to post highest monthly sales since March last year
Tesla sales rebound, with the Model Y posting its best monthly performance since March last year, hinting at a bumper September for EV sales in Australia.
Riz Akhtar

Oct 2, 2025

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Videos

Everything Electric: How outdated EV views aged very, very badly indeed
Uncomfortable ‘truths’ for Clarkson & co.? Dan from Everything Electric unpacks how outdated EV views aged like milk.
Everything Electric Show

Oct 2, 2025

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Charging & V2G

First vehicle-to-home power plant in US uses Ford F-150 Lightning electric trucks
Sunrun activates what it says is the first residential vehicle-to-grid (V2G) distributed power plant in the US, using a handful of Ford F-150 Lightning electric trucks.
Joshua S. Hill

Oct 2, 2025

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Top News

Smart #3 Premium review: Merc comfort, styling and great charging tech
Smart’s #3 Premium driven: An EV with sleek lines, lots of Merc cues, great tech, plenty of power and unique charging tech.
Riz Akhtar

Oct 2, 2025

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MG offers 1,000 kWh of free DC charging to sweeten EV offers
MG brings new offer of free DC charging for a limited time, to help boost sales in the fourth quarter.
Riz Akhtar

Oct 2, 2025

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On yer bike! Australia needs to remove 5 million ICE vehicles by 2035, how we do it is up to us
We don’t have to add 5 million EVs by 2035. What we actually need to do is remove 5,000,000 ICE vehicles – what we replace them with is up to us.
Ed Lynch-Bell

Oct 1, 2025

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Zeekr’s flagship “super hybrid” luxury 9X SUV launches in China
Zeekr announces its flagship luxury SUV, the Zeekr 9X, is officially on sale in China, a “super hybrid” that offers more than 300 kms of electric only range.
Joshua S. Hill

Oct 1, 2025

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Chery’s new electric SUV approved for sale under Jaecoo brand
Another affordable electric SUV from major brand approved for sale in Australia.
Riz Akhtar

Oct 1, 2025

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Top News

IM5 Performance review: MG’s compelling electric rocket that self parks better than a Tesla
MG’s new IM5 Performance offers a good blend of premium features and delivers some impressive driving dynamics.
Tim Eden

Oct 1, 2025

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EV News

Hyundai lands first Australian customer for heavy-duty hydrogen fuel cell truck
Hyundai says it has landed its first Australian customer for its Xcient fuel cell truck, a one of the world’s first hydrogen-powered heavy-duty trucks. It will be used to deliver gas cylinders.
Joshua S. Hill

Oct 1, 2025

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Electric Transport

Six new battery electric buses enter demanding Melbourne airport route
Six brand new battery electric buses entered operations in Melbourne earlier this month as part of the SkyBus fleet that runs 24/7 routes to and from Melbourne Tullamarine Airport.
Joshua S. Hill

Sep 30, 2025

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