Giles Parkinson, Author at The Driven

Giles Parkinson is founder and editor of The Driven, and also edits and founded Renew Economy and One Step Off The Grid. He has been a journalist for 35 years and is a former business and deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review.

EV News

Battery powered home and car: The fossil fuel era is fading

Posted on February 15, 2019February 15, 2019
byGiles Parkinson

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NSW hinterland luxury rental home with 10kW solar, two Tesla Powerwall batteries, and a Model X EV, seeks to demonstrate Tesla’s vision of the new energy and transport future. So how does it shape up?

1 min

Podcasts

The Driven Podcast: Happy Days! Fonzarelli’s Michelle Nazzari

Posted on February 8, 2019February 13, 2019
byGiles Parkinson

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Michelle Nazzari discuses how she came to establish an Australian-based electric scooter manufacturer that is now looking to push up into electric motorbikes.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull poses for photographs with the newly sworn-in ministry at Government House in Canberra, Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. Mr Turnbull's new ministry was sworn-in today in a ceremony at Government House.

4 min

EV News

Canberra should take the lead on EV adoption: it wouldn’t cost much

Posted on February 4, 2019
byGiles Parkinson

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Estimates suggest it would cost just $5 million for the federal government to begin shifting half its car fleet to electric vehicles by 2025.

4 min

EV News

Coalition, Labor, stymie Senate proposals to boost EV uptake in Australia

Posted on January 30, 2019February 8, 2019
byGiles Parkinson

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Senate report into EVs falls short after Labor and Coalition reject chairman Tim Storer’s push for specific targets and incentives.

3 min

Charging

Batteries on wheels will change the grid and the way we use electricity

Posted on January 30, 2019January 30, 2019
byGiles Parkinson

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Tritium co-founder says having a battery on wheels in an electric vehicle will have a major impact on the way consumers use electricity, and the grid.