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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Trump and right wing pundits buy “unusable” Teslas in pivot to shore up Musk’s EV company

Donald Trump and one of his favourite right wing broadcasters - both harsh critics of "woke" and "evil" electric vehicles - sign up for Tesla EVs in show of support for embattled Elon Musk.

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Tesla shares plunge as James Murdoch joins director sales and Canada probes rebate “gaming”

Tesla stock plunges more than 15 per cent, as another director - James Murdoch - reportedly dumps shares and Canada investigates claims Tesla "gamed" its EV rebate scheme.

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Tesla sales plunge 75 pct in Germany as consumers react to Musk’s far right meddling

Tesla sales slump sharply again in Europe's biggest car market, and posts sharp falls across the continent, with the notable exception of the UK.

BYD Charging Bathurst Pluging in Ludicrous Feed February 2023

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Charging

EV lobby launches new charging app to displace Plugshare with real time availability

EVC launches new charging app that it hopes will become the "single source of truth" for EV charging in Australia - and obviously a rival to Plugshare.

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Tesla electric car sales plunge again in Australia – Model 3 down more than 81 per cent

Tesla sales plunge again in Australia in February, with the Model 3 slumping more than 81 per cent compared to the same month a year earlier.

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The Driven Podcast: The car even beeped at me when I laughed

Fully Charged's Robert Llewellyn on Chinese EVs that make a lot of beeping noises, Elon Musk, and what to expect at Everything Electric.

5 min

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“Toxic contagion:” Tesla sales plunge in Europe as consumers, and cartoonists, respond to Musk

Leading EV analysts now acknowledge Elon Musk's "toxic contagion" on the market, as cartoonists and poster makers target the Tesla boss and new sales data underline the scale of its free-fall.

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Charging

Petrol giant Ampol blames grid delays for meeting only half its EV charging target

Petrol giant Ampol says grid connection delays the main reason it met only half of its targeted EV fast charger rollout by the end of 2024.

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The Driven Podcast: Where are we at with V2G?

Oliver Hill, from Race to 2030, on the new roadmap for turning electric cars into mobile batteries, and who is doing what on V2G.

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Trump and Musk pull plug on national EV network as they wage war on other people’s EVs

The new US administration is to pull the plug on an existing network of 8,000 EV charging ports across the country in the latest decision that favours Elon Musk's Tesla business.

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