Rachel Williamson, Author at The Driven

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

Electric Cars

EVs are driving boom in novated leases as customers choose Tesla and BYD

EVs now make up nearly two thirds of the novated leases signed by one of the biggest providers in Australia, but new conservative government has killed the market in New Zealand.

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Grid revenue fantasies holding back rollout of electric car V2G technology in Australia

Vehicle to grid technology is being held back in Australia by unrealistic expectations about the money that can be made from electric vehicles providing grid services, one expert says.

3 min

I-phone on wheels: Apple kills electric vehicle project, switches focus to AI

Apple decides that its electric car project is too hard and it will focus on AI instead. The moves comes as sales momentum for EVs drops in US, and interest in AI rockets.

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Want to cut your summer road trip fuel bill by 75 per cent? Take an EV

New analysis shows how much more it costs to take a petrol or diesel car on a summer road trip compared to an EV. Now that really will ruin your weekend.

3 min

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Sunshine state EVs can now connect to rooftop solar after dumb grid rules changed

EV owners have a tradeoff: give networks some control over their equipment and get high charging limits and access to rooftop PV.

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Private equity giant sinks $250m into Australian EV charging technology company

Private equity giant plans to "supercharge" EVSE expansion, including smart metering and offering EV "charging as a service" models to corporate and fleet customers.