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Giles Parkinson is founder and editor of The Driven, and also edits and founded the Renew Economy and One Step Off The Grid web sites. He has been a journalist for nearly 40 years, is a former business and deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review, and owns a Tesla Model 3.
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Giles Parkinson

Giles Parkinson is founder and editor of The Driven, and also edits and founded the Renew Economy and One Step Off The Grid web sites. He has been a journalist for nearly 40 years, is a former business and deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review, and owns a Tesla Model 3.

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First drive of Volkswagen ID.Buzz: Urban cool and tight turning circles

  • 19 September 2022
  • Giles Parkinson
Whole bunch of electric vans have been launched at world's biggest trucking conference, but none matched the ID.Buzz for cool. We took it for a drive.
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  • 5 min
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“Not like anything I’ve tried before:” First drive of Volvo’s heavy duty electric truck

  • 19 September 2022
  • Giles Parkinson
EVs won't tow your boat? This beast will actually tow a bloody big boat, and a gross load of up 44 tonnes. And it will do so with ease.
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  • 3 min
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“Terrific fun, but too expensive:” Another Labor MP buys a Model 3

  • 9 September 2022
  • Giles Parkinson
Another Labor MP buys a Tesla Model 3, but laments the cost and lack of choice of EVs in Australia.
Ioniq 5 V2L adaptor in charge socket. Image: Hyundai.
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“Buying an EV in Australia is like winning the lottery”

  • 19 August 2022
  • Giles Parkinson
Electric Vehicle Council CEO Behyad Jafari says it is so hard to buy an electric vehicle in Australia that it is akin to winning the lottery.
The current ID. Family. Left to right: ID. Buzz, ID.5, ID.4 and ID.3. Image: VW
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VW: If we had fuel standards today, we could bring in electric cars tomorrow

  • 19 August 2022
  • Giles Parkinson
VW Australia boss says fuel emissions standards will unlock the supply of EVs in Australia - almost immediately.
Industry minister Ed Husic, prime minister Anthony Albanese and climate and energy minister Chris Bowen inspect a Nissan Leaf in Sydney. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas)
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“This is about freedom of choice:” Bowen moves to break down barriers to EVs

  • 18 August 2022
  • Giles Parkinson
Labor opens path for fuel emission standards, to remove one of the biggest barriers to the uptake of electric cars in Australia.
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NRMA gears up to start charging non-members for its EV fast chargers

  • 17 August 2022
  • Giles Parkinson
The free EV fast-charging service provided by motoring group NRMA is expected to come to an end within the next 12 months.
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Australian drivers could save $20 billion by 2030 in rapid switch to electric cars

  • 17 August 2022
  • Giles Parkinson
Australian drivers could save $20 billion in fuel and maintenance costs by 2030, if fuel efficiency standards drive a rapid uptake of EVs.
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The Driven Podcast: Why rental companies are going electric

  • 12 August 2022
  • Giles Parkinson
Hertz vice president Eoin Macneill on the Polestar 2 EVs now available at most airports. Plus: Model Y and Atto 3 deliveries break supply deadlock.
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Australia’s dirty and expensive car habit: $5.9 billion in extra fuel costs

  • 8 August 2022
  • Giles Parkinson
Australians are paying a hefty price - including at the bowser, but also in health and emissions - for the lack of fuel standards.

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