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Tim Eden

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Tim has 20 years experience in the IT industry including 14 years as a network engineer and site reliability engineer at Google Australia. He is an EV and renewable energy enthusiast who is most passionate about helping people understand and adopt these technologies.
Tim Eden

Tim has 20 years experience in the IT industry including 14 years as a network engineer and site reliability engineer at Google Australia. He is an EV and renewable energy enthusiast who is most passionate about helping people understand and adopt these technologies.

  • Autonomous Vehicles

Tesla FSD Supervised review: Truly mind blowing, but not flawless

  • 25 September 2025
  • 13 comments
  • Tim Eden
Mind blown while being driven by Tesla FSD Supervised. Source: Tim Eden
Tesla has raised the bar by a huge margin for driver assistance systems. But impressive as this first Australian FSD release is, it did make several mistakes.
Yutong extreme heat challenge in Saudi Arabia. Source: Yutong
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High speed test tracks, and extreme temperatures: Ensuring safety in an electric bus

  • 9 September 2025
  • 10 comments
  • Tim Eden
The world's biggest electric bus maker goes to some extraordinary lengths, and uses some innovative tech, to ensure battery pack safety.
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  • 4 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • EV News

Tesla leaves loyal FSD customers in the dark, with financial regrets

  • 4 September 2025
  • 26 comments
  • Tim Eden
The owners of older Tesla vehicles who purchased FSD long ago have not heard anything at all from Tesla for years. Maybe I should have bought Tesla shares instead.
Lucid Gravity frunk, with people enjoying the frunk seat. Source: Lucid Motors
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  • 4 min
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EV explainer: Three reasons I love a good frunk

  • 2 September 2025
  • 18 comments
  • Tim Eden
Three reasons why it's hard to beat a good electric vehicle frunk – and what makes them good.
Yutong bus and coach product lineup. Source: Yutong
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  • 4 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Electric Transport

Yutong: The world’s biggest bus maker you’ve probably never heard of

  • 29 August 2025
  • 13 comments
  • Tim Eden
The world's biggest bus maker may soon be bringing double decker electric buses to Australia. In China, all city buses are already electric.
Geely EX5 launch at Luna Park in Sydney. Source: Geely
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  • 12 min
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Geely EX5 review: Electric SUV is great value for money, and not just a distraction

  • 7 August 2025
  • 7 comments
  • Tim Eden
The Geely EX5 is great value with so many features included that it begs the question, why would anyone buy a fossil fueled dinosaur instead? It is not perfect, however.
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  • 10 min
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Zeekr X Review: Neck-snapping performance in more ways than one

  • 21 July 2025
  • 10 comments
  • Tim Eden
The Zeekr X is a fun, sporty little car to drive, combined with a premium interior that lives up to the luxury aspirations of the brand. But there are a few areas of improvement.
XPeng G6 in Fiery Orange parked at XPeng’s flagship store in Mascot, Sydney. Source: Tim Eden
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XPeng G6 review: Can a Tesla lookalike beat the EV benchmark?

  • 7 June 2025
  • 16 comments
  • Tim Eden
XPeng founder Henry Xia admits Tesla has been an inspiration, and the newly released G6 electric SUV has nearly identical dimensions to a Model Y. And the similarities don’t stop there.
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  • 1 min
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Video: Hyundai Inster review – Australia’s latest low cost EV

  • 30 May 2025
  • 3 comments
  • Tim Eden
Tim Eden reviews the Hyundai Inster, Australia’s latest low cost electric car, starting under $40,000. With up to 327 km of range, it could be the EV that makes electric driving truly mainstream.
Hyundai Inster Cross in Amazonas Green. Source: Tim Eden
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Hyundai Inster review: Good things come in small electric packages

  • 30 May 2025
  • 14 comments
  • Tim Eden
The Inster is Hyundai's smallest EV to date. My biggest disappointment is that Hyundai doesn't think it will be a volume seller, because I’d love to see tons of these on the road instead of more giant utes and SUVs.

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