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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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Audi e-tron review: I can’t hear it, but I can feel it

  • 25 January 2022
  • Giles Parkinson
We have a look at the Audi e-tron, the big electric SUV. And this one is bright red!
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  • 3 min
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Polestar 2 review: It drives as well as a Model 3, and it’s about the same price

  • 20 December 2021
  • Giles Parkinson
The Polestar 2 drives as well as a Tesla Model 3, a first for an EV around the same price. It's just a shame about the interior.
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  • 1 min
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Video: A big plug for Ioniq 5’s vehicle-to-load technology

  • 17 December 2021
  • Giles Parkinson
The new Ioniq 5 EV has two main talking points: the sense of space inside the car, and its ability to power any of your appliances.
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  • 7 min
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Ioniq 5 review: Mobile power station, home office and camping car all in one

  • 11 December 2021
  • Giles Parkinson
There we were sitting in a park, boiling a kettle that was plugged into the Hyundai Ioniq 5 battery and then enjoying our first cup of tea made by a car.
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  • 1 min
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Video: Australians want EVs, but finding one to buy is not so easy

  • 9 December 2021
  • Giles Parkinson
Australians want EVs, but finding one to buy is not so easy.
Federal Labor leader Anthony Albanese, Chris Bowen and Ed Husic visiting a Nissan Leaf electric car dealer
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  • 3 min
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Nine out of 10 new car sales will be electric in 2030, under Labor plan

  • 6 December 2021
  • Giles Parkinson
Labor has doubled down on its EV forecasts, now assuming that nine out of 10 vehicles sold in 2030 will be electric. This is how it says it could happen.
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Dumping ground: Labor rejects car emissions standards to avoid another scare campaign

  • 1 December 2021
  • Giles Parkinson
Australia will continue to be a dumping ground for dirty and inefficient vehicles that are expensive to run with Labor reportedly about to dump its policy.
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Germany’s stunning new EV targets under “traffic light” coalition of SDP, Greens and business

  • 25 November 2021
  • Giles Parkinson
Germany's new "traffic light" coalition of social democrats, greens and business parties unveils plan to have 15 million fully electric cars on the road by 2030.
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UQ seeks 500 Tesla owners to gauge how EVs could act as grid batteries

  • 17 November 2021
  • Giles Parkinson
UQ-led study seeks 500 Tesla owners to gauge daily use and the capacity to use the EV batteries to support the grid and the roll out of renewables.
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The Driven Podcast: Bill Shorten on his new Tesla, and what it did to his weekend

  • 10 November 2021
  • Giles Parkinson
Bill Shorten may no longer be leader of the Labor Party, but he does own a Tesla, becoming the first federal MP to go electric as part of his parliamentary package. Did it ruin his weekend?

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