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Ketan Joshi

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Ketan Joshi has been at the forefront of clean energy for eight years, starting out as a data analyst working in wind energy, and expanding that knowledge base to community engagement, climate science and new energy technology. He writes for The Driven’s parent site, RenewEconomy, and has also written for the Guardian, The Monthly, ABC News and has penned several hundred blog posts digging into climate and energy issues, building a position as a respected and analytical energy commentator in Australia. He’s spoken at the Ethics Centre IQ2 debates on the need for urgent decarbonisation, he’s served as an subject matter expert on national television, and has a wide following on social media around energy and climate.
Ketan Joshi

Ketan Joshi has been at the forefront of clean energy for eight years, starting out as a data analyst working in wind energy, and expanding that knowledge base to community engagement, climate science and new energy technology. He writes for The Driven’s parent site, RenewEconomy, and has also written for the Guardian, The Monthly, ABC News and has penned several hundred blog posts digging into climate and energy issues, building a position as a respected and analytical energy commentator in Australia. He’s spoken at the Ethics Centre IQ2 debates on the need for urgent decarbonisation, he’s served as an subject matter expert on national television, and has a wide following on social media around energy and climate.

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Australia is more reliant on imported oil than ever before. It needs more EVs

  • April 22, 2025
  • 6 comments
  • Ketan Joshi
ANTHONY ALBANESE REAL WORLD VEHICLE EFFICIENCY TESTING
New data shows Australia imported more petroleum products than it ever has in the last quarter of 2024. Now is not the time to slow down the transition to electric transport.
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  • 2 min
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Election Watch: Dutton’s anti-EV subsidy is a policy car crash

  • March 28, 2025
  • 8 comments
  • Ketan Joshi
Dutton's proposed tax cut favours families that own the worst gas guzzlers, while leaving out those with small cars. But the promised price cuts are fake.
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  • 3 min
  • EV News

How the world’s EV capital is reacting to Elon Musk’s meltdown

  • March 12, 2025
  • 58 comments
  • Ketan Joshi
Norway led the world in demonstrating that beginning the shift from fossil to electric is possible - maybe it will lead the world in showing how you do it without enabling Elon Musk.
ev charging carpark
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  • 2 min
  • Policy

Canada sets ambitious goal of 100% zero emissions vehicle sales by 2035

  • June 30, 2021
  • Ketan Joshi
Canada announces it will allow only zero-emissions new car sales from 2035, as part of $A8.6 billion transition plan.
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  • 4 min
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Will Matt Kean’s EV policy really make NSW the Norway of Australia?

  • June 22, 2021
  • Ketan Joshi
Is Matt Kean's ambitious new EV policy enough to make NSW the Norway of Australia? Is that even the right baseline to be using?
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  • 3 min
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Angus Taylor’s EV culture war is running out of fuel, and change is coming fast

  • June 9, 2021
  • Ketan Joshi
Old lines about EVs being expensive luxuries and decarbonisation being authoritarian are getting stale fast. Australians want new tech now.
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  • 2 min
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“This sucker’s quick:” Biden test-drives electric Ford ute, fleshes out EV plan

  • May 20, 2021
  • Ketan Joshi
Biden test drives the new Ford electric ute and tests its acceleration, and announces new EV policies.
The Hyundai Ioniq is one of a handful of electric vehicles priced under $50,000 in Australia. Source: Jet Charge
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  • 3 min
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IEA says all new cars must be electric by 2035. Will Australia do it?

  • May 19, 2021
  • Ketan Joshi
A major new report from a global energy body sets a 2035 deadline for the end of fossil car sales. Is Australia even close to that?
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  • 2 min
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New BNEF analysis finds that EVs will be cheaper than ICE cars by 2027

  • May 11, 2021
  • Ketan Joshi
New analysis finds that electric cars and vans will be cheaper to make than combustion engine cars in every light vehicle segment from 2027, at the latest, across Europe.
All-electric MX-30 has very short range for a high price. Source: Mazda
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  • 3 min
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Can Victoria hit its ambitious 50% electric vehicle target?

  • May 4, 2021
  • Ketan Joshi
Victoria has set an ambitious 50% target new EV sales by 2030. But how ambitious is that target? And is it feasible?

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