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Rachel Williamson is a science and business journalist, who focuses on climate change-related health and environmental issues.
Rachel Williamson

Rachel Williamson is a science and business journalist, who focuses on climate change-related health and environmental issues.

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Video: Mustang Mach-E Select review – Four doors, no roar

  • 13 November 2025
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  • Rachel Williamson
It’s called a Mustang, but it’s not the one your dad had on a poster. Four doors, no roar. Just quiet, instant torque.
solar canopy for supermarket carpark
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  • 3 min
  • Charging

Milk, eggs and a fully charged EV: Supermarkets turn to solar canopies and public charging

  • 7 November 2025
  • 12 comments
  • Rachel Williamson
Retailers are set to drive public fast charging as they hone in on a new revenue model from electricity sales.
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  • 2 min
  • Electric Boats

First of four enormous battery “rooms” energised aboard world’s largest e-ferry

  • 24 October 2025
  • 5 comments
  • Rachel Williamson
The Tasmania-built electric ferry will have a 40 MWh, 250 tonne battery, housed across four "battery rooms" deep inside the ship.
electric volvo truck, new energy transport
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  • 2 min
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New Australian electric truck company signs delivery deal with Who Gives A Crap

  • 8 October 2025
  • 3 comments
  • Rachel Williamson
New zero-emissions trucking company New Energy Transport has cut a deal with Who Gives A Crap to deliver greener toilet paper, and show the path for electric trucking in Australia.
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  • 2 min
  • Charging

Australia’s first electric prime mover charging hub gets federal funding

  • 11 September 2025
  • 9 comments
  • Rachel Williamson
Australia's first electric prime mover charging hub has received $12 million in federal funding, and will feature 14 charging bays for electric trucks.
The Tesla reaches outback Queensland. Image: Mark Tipping
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  • 3 min
  • Electric Work Vehicles

Queensland LNP axes zero-emission vehicle target for government car fleet

  • 11 June 2025
  • 10 comments
  • Rachel Williamson
The Queensland government is axing a zero-emissions target for parts of the state fleet and moving to a tailpipe emissions standard for all vehicles used by public servants.
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  • 2 min
  • Batteries

Adelaide council votes to approve Tesla factory, despite heavily redacted opposition

  • 28 May 2025
  • 10 comments
  • Rachel Williamson
The Marion council is going ahead with its plan to sell a contaminated piece of land to a developer, which wants to build bespoke Tesla battery recycling factory.
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  • 3 min
  • Batteries

“Trees not Teslas:” Elon Musk hate inspires mass objections to Adelaide battery factory

  • 27 May 2025
  • 22 comments
  • Rachel Williamson
Hatred for Elon Musk's politics and despair over the loss of green space is behind an avalanche of rejections to a proposal to redevelop a contaminated Adelaide site for a Tesla battery recycling factory.
Eva kerbside charging
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  • 7 min
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The EV kerbside charger showdown: Why this fight is coming to your street

  • 21 May 2025
  • 13 comments
  • Rachel Williamson
A network wants to roll out a 100 kerbside EV chargers mounted on power poles. Charger companies hate the idea. So what's behind this fight between the private sector and a regulated monopoly? We find out.
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  • 4 min
  • Charging

EV lobby demands financial penalties as broken public chargers fail drivers

  • 20 May 2025
  • 18 comments
  • Rachel Williamson
Australia needs to get serious about charger maintenance with 13 pct of the country's installations currently out of action.

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