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Riz Akhtar

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RizĀ 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.
Riz Akhtar
Riz Akhtar

RizĀ 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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Tesla ups safety across its fleet with Vision tech

  • 15 September 2025
  • 11 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
Tesla Model S Euro NCAP Crash Test
Tesla rolls out new safety features via software, making its fleet safer.
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  • 2 min
  • Charging

New Tesla Superchargers come online, with pricing as low as 35c/kWh

  • 13 September 2025
  • 12 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
Tesla opens multiple new supercharger sites with some of the lowest fast charger prices of any charge point operator.
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  • 2 min
  • EV News

BYD to begin European EV production with huge expansion retail and charging plans

  • 13 September 2025
  • 5 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
BYD's European expansion plans revealed with local manufacturing of EVs, Megawatt Charging and thousands of stores across the continent.
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  • 2 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles

“This came as a surprise!”: Tesla customers start to receive FSD supervised access in Australia

  • 13 September 2025
  • 6 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
Tesla customers across Australia are starting to receive early access supervised full-self-driving ahead of imminent broader launch.
Tesla Sweden Test Drive Hub Europe
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  • 3 min
  • Charging

Tesla launches game-changing EV public charging feature for owners

  • 11 September 2025
  • 19 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
Tesla aims to fix dozen of EV charging apps issue for owners, starting with one market ahead of imminent expansion.
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  • 7 min
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  • Top News

New Ariya First Drive: Nissan’s best EV so far, with Japanese futurism packed in

  • 10 September 2025
  • 4 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
Our first drive of Nissan Ariya, the brand's most important EV so far, highlighted how well-rounded this long-awaited electric SUV really is.
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  • 3 min
  • EV News

BYD’s smallest electric car gets 5 stars for safety

  • 10 September 2025
  • 15 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
BYD's smallest electric car gets top safety scores in Europe within months of launch.
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  • 3 min
  • EV News

BYD’s smallest and potentially lowest cost electric SUV gets approved for Australian sale

  • 9 September 2025
  • 2 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
BYD receives approval Atto 2 electric SUV, which will potentially be Australia’s most affordable electric SUV.
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  • 2 min
  • EV News

Nissan offers free 22 kW AC charging unit for first 400 Ariya customers

  • 8 September 2025
  • 8 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
Nissan to offer free 22 kW AC on-board charger on the first 400 Ariya EVs it sells in Australia, an offer worth around $3,000 on some variants.
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  • 3 min
  • EV News

Aion UT electric hatchback spotted testing in Australia

  • 6 September 2025
  • 12 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
GAC Aion UT electric hatchback spotted testing in Australia ahead of its expected launch in the coming months.

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