Turnbulls make leap from hybrid to full battery electric, join waiting list for Tesla Model 3
Turnbulls finally make move from hybrid to full battery electric, some seven years after Malcolm's visit to Tesla factory in California.
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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.
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.
The Driven Podcast: Kia blown away by interest in EV6
“Never in my wildest dreams”: Kia Australia’s Damien Meredith amazed by huge interest in EV6 and speed of electric shift.
Kia says it could sell 10 times as many EV6 SUVs in Australia if it had enough supply
Global supply issues and lack of policy support mean Kia will have only 500 EV6 SUVs to offer customers this year, falling well short of demand.
Kia EV6 test drive: Sleek electric SUV with superb handling, and can power your home
Kia's EV6, the first product from its new EV platform is sleek, has great handling, and can even power your home appliances, although they make it hard in the base variant.
Labor’s energy spokesman Chris Bowen takes delivery of new Tesla Model 3
Labor's Chris Bowen takes delivery of Tesla Model 3, raising possibility that Australia's next energy minister will drive an EV.
The Driven Podcast: Let’s electrify everything, starting with cars
Saul Griffith says Australia should lead world on electrifying everything, starting with cars and households. He plans to turn his old Monaro into an EV too.
Two key numbers explain why battery electric cars are charging ahead of hydrogen cars
There are 11,000 times more charging stations for EVs around the world than there are for hydrogen cars.
Why Tesla is not going to build a low cost EV any time soon, if ever
Musk's revelation that Tesla is not even working on a lower cost EV points to a fundamental change in drive-trains, business models, and car ownership.
NSW opens funding for first of 1,000 ultra fast EV chargers, country’s biggest network
NSW opens first funding round for planned network of 1,000 ultra fast EV chargers, which it says will be biggest in Australia.
Iced: Petrol and diesel car drivers to be fined for parking in EV charging spots
Queensland state government to introduce fines for petrol and diesel cars that park illegally in EV charging bays.