Hannah Budnitz, Author at The Driven IO

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Hannah Budnitz

Research Associate in Urban Mobility, Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford.

Podcasts

The Driven Podcast: Simon Hackett’s chance meeting with young Elon Musk
Simon Hackett made his fortune in the broadband boom and is now the largest shareholder in battery storage maker Redflow. He’s also Australia’s biggest fan of Tesla electric vehicles.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 26, 2018

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EV News

Renault plans 60MWh storage system made from old EV batteries
Renault proposes to use bank of used electric vehicle batteries to create a 60MWh energy storage system for use on the electricity grid.
Bridie Schmidt

Sep 26, 2018

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EV News

Electric vehicle manufacturers finally get serious about Australia
Choice of electric vehicles in Australia is finally set to grow this year with a raft of new models promising longer range, low running costs and at long last some priced around the $50,000 mark.
Giles Parkinson and Tony Bosworth

Sep 26, 2018

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Electric Bikes

Battery swapping future on cards for Yamaha electric scooters
Yamaha intends to apply Gogoro’s battery swapping technology to their own Yamaha-branded e-scooters.
Bridie Schmidt

Sep 25, 2018

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Road Trips

Nissan LEAF is driving electric marathon event in Europe
Six Nissan LEAFs power their way across Europe as part of 3,700km Tallsinki – Monte-Carlo electric marathon racing event.
Bridie Schmidt

Sep 25, 2018

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EV News

Suzuki set to test first electric vehicles, targeting huge India market
India’s largest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki, has announced that it will soon begin testing of its first electric vehicle prototype as it gears up to release 50 electric cars onto the Indian market.
Bridie Schmidt

Sep 25, 2018

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NZ to offer more electric vehicle incentives, as EV registrations reach 10,000
New Zealand reaches 10,000 electric vehicle registrations and flags new policies to encourage EVs – include a penalty for buyers of high emissions vehicles and a rebate for low or zero emission cars.
Bridie Schmidt

Sep 25, 2018

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EV News

Video: Listen to the sound of a Tesla Semi accelerating
Like a “spaceship taking off:” Watch and listen to the other-wordly sound of a Tesla Semi – trailer attached – accelerating.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 24, 2018

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EV News

Hyundai to send 1,000 hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks to Switzerland
A fleet of 1,000 hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks forms the central part of a memorandum inked between South Korean carmaker Hyundai and Swiss renewable resource company H2 Energy.
Bridie Schmidt

Sep 24, 2018

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EV News

Porsche gives up on diesel to set sights on electric and hybrid future
Porsche will no longer invest in vehicles fueled by diesel, preferring instead to concentrate its efforts on growing electric mobility market.
Bridie Schmidt

Sep 24, 2018

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EV News

Townsville “Gigafactory” partner also working on high performance electric racing car
One of companies behind planned $2bn li-ion gigafactory battery plant in Townsville working with Formula 1 team on high performance electric racing car.
Tony Bosworth

Sep 21, 2018

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EV News

Why taxis should be the best candidates for electric vehicles
We know that an EV economics stack up better against an equivalent petrol or diesel vehicle the longer the distance covered. So why not extend that logic to taxis?
Bede Doherty

Sep 21, 2018

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