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: Will electric cars replace household batteries?

Tim Washington from Jet Charge on why electric vehicles may replace household batteries, and why EVs may be more valuable as batteries on wheels, rather than wheels with batteries.

1 min

Tesla Model 3 prices jump in Australia as dollar falls against greenback

Prices for Tesla Model 3 electric vehicles in Australia have jumped, just two weeks after the first deliveries of the long awaited electric sedan commenced in the country. The order…

2 min

Why electric vehicles could kill the market for household batteries

Jet Charge founder says electric cars will be an energy asset first, and a mobility asset second, and will largely displace residential storage.

9 min

Tesla test drive: Around the ‘burbs, in a jam, and down the highway in a Model 3

The Model 3 performance version knows how to perform. But what's it like in suburban streets, stuck in traffic jams, and along the highway.

Charging an EV is more efficient and produces less carbon than petrol even when powered off a coal-powered grid.

1 min

The Driven Podcast: Bright Ideas & Blind Ideology

Behyad Jafari, Paul Fox and Stephanie Bashir wrap up the Electric Vehicle Transition conference and look at what’s ahead.

4 min

Electric vehicle policy faces long road against hard right: Butler

Labor climate spokesman says hyperbole and rhetoric of hard right in media and government will put the brakes on coherent electric vehicle policy in Australia.

3 min

ARENA gives $15 million to Evie Networks for ultra fast charging network

ARENA spends $15 million to help fund the roll-out of 50 ultra fast EV charging stations by Evie Networks.

4 min

Nissan Leaf test drive: A mobile power source that gobbles up corners

Nissan Leaf's marvellous e-pedal, but the best bit about this new electric vehicle is yet to be seen.

1 min

The Driven Podcast: Nissan Leaf test drive

Nissan has released its next generation Leaf electric vehicle, with twice the range and the chance to power the home. We take it for a drive.

6 min

First Model 3 test drive in Australia: Bloody hell, that was quick!

Tesla holds its first test-drives for the Model 3 in Australia. We report back from our brief flirtation with the performance version and the standard plus.

Giles Parkinson