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.

EV fast-charging sites nearly double across Australia in 2023 to 800

Australia's fast charging infrastructure reaches new highs in 2023, with the number of site increasing 70 per cent in the last 12 months.

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Toyota talks up battery performance as it prepares to launch first EV in Australia

Toyota shares some key specifications of its first full-electric offering in Australia, but the price will not be revealed until its arrival in February.

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Renault reveals Australia pricing and specs of Kangoo E-Tech electric van

Renault reveals pricing and specs of the upcoming upgraded Kangoo electric van, aimed at businesses wanting to lower their transport emissions.

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Tesla confirms it is working on a new wireless EV charger

Tesla's chief designer confirms that EV maker is working on a wireless home charger which will offer owners seamless charging experience.

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Nio ET7 drives 1,044 km on single charge with semi solid state battery

Nio's electric sedan lays claim to being the EV with the longest range after driving over 1,000 km on a single charge using a new mass-produced swappable semi solid state battery.