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.

Charging

Tesla opens 168-stall Supercharger station, with solar farm and big batteries

Tesla opens one of the biggest fast charging sites in the world, with a huge solar arrary, big batteries and up to 168 stalls on one of the world's busiest EV corridors.

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EV News

BYD offers $4,000 cash back incentive for top selling Shark 6 plug-in ute

After selling over 10,000 Shark 6 utes, BYD makes a $4,000 cash back offer for its top selling PHEV ute.

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EV News

Tesla offers new incentives for Model Y to sustain sales in new quarter

Tesla is now offering multiple incentives, saving buyers of a new Tesla thousands in Q3 as it seeks to continue its sales momentum in new quarter.

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Australian EV sales surge to record 10.3 pct share, as Tesla, BYD and Geely dominate

Australian EV sales surge to new highs, hitting record market share of 10.3 per cent in June on the back of increasing competition and EOFY incentives.

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EV News

Tesla adds more range and performance to its AWD models as competition mounts

Tesla improves range by over 4% and boosts acceleration across its Long Range models to win customers.

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EV News

BYD’s new two-door electric sports car spied

BYD's next sleek new electric sports car spied, testing in black with a possible soft top variant on the cards.

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Charging

Tesla surpasses 70,000 chargers globally, as more sites open in Australia

Tesla's supercharger network reaches 70,000 reliable ultra-fast charging stations as Australian growth continues.

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EV News

BYD’s smallest and potentially most affordable car spotted testing

Video of BYD's smallest and likely most affordable model surfaces, highlighting key new details.

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Autonomous Vehicles

World First: New Tesla Model Y drives itself from factory to customer

A new Tesla Model Y drives itself for 30 minutes to customer's house without any driver behind the wheel.

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EV News

Xiaomi gets 200,000 orders for new EV in incredible first 3 minutes

Xiaomi sees hundreds of thousands of orders in first few minutes after launching its new electric SUV, undercutting all variants of the Tesla Model Y.

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