Riz Akhtar, Author at The Driven

Riz is the founder of carloop based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV data, insight reports and trends. He is a mechanical engineer who spent the first 7 years of his career building transport infrastructure before starting carloop. He has a passion for cars, particularly EVs and wants to help reduce transport emissions in Australia. He currently drives a red Tesla Model 3.

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BYD to launch its first plug-in electric ute in Australia next month

BYD to launch its first ute in the market to compete with Toyota Hilux and Ford Ranger, saying it has low running costs and has a 100km electric range, with vehicle to load. Plus video.

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Polestar brings its first electric SUV to Australia

Polestar's first SUV lands in Australia, making it one of the most important models for the leading Swedish EV brand.

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MG slashes price of most popular EV again, testing $30,000 mark for first time

MG slashes price of one of its best selling MG4 variants to just $30,990 drive away - the lowest price ever for a new electric car in Australia.

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Nio launches “Tesla Model Y killer” with Onvo L60 SUV, and swappable batteries

Leading Chinese EV brand launches its highly anticipated new mid-sized electric SUV under the company’s sub-brand, Onvo, to challenge Tesla's Model Y.

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Leapmotor reveals specs of C10 electric SUV, a new low-priced EV for Australian market

Full specs of upcoming Leapmotor C10 electric SUV officially released, with first units of the new low-priced electric offering only months away.

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Tesla celebrates 100th supercharger site in Australia with green and gold colour scheme

Tesla celebrates its 100th Australian supercharger site with a green and gold supercharger stall.

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Skoda announces Australian pricing of its European built electric SUV

Skoda announces pricing and opens orders for its first fully electric model heading to Australia, the Enyaq, which has sold 200,000 units in Europe.

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Tesla to add 30 new Supercharger sites around Australia in big boost to EV network

Tesla to rapidly increase supercharger sites across Australia with supercharger map now showing upcoming sites to helps more EV drivers.

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Leapmotor reveals key details of C10 electric SUV, expected to be one of lowest cost EVs

Chinese brand Leapmotor released specs of its C10 electric SUV, expected to be one of the most affordable EVs in the Australian market.

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MG slashes prices again on its most-popular electric car

MG offers large factory bonus discounts to maintain sales momentum on its best-selling EV model.

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