Bridie Schmidt is associate editor for The Driven, sister site of Renew Economy. She has been writing about electric vehicles since 2018, and has a keen interest in the role that zero-emissions transport has to play in sustainability. She has participated in podcasts such as Download This Show with Marc Fennell and Shirtloads of Science with Karl Kruszelnicki and is co-organiser of the Northern Rivers Electric Vehicle Forum. Bridie also owns a Tesla Model Y and has it available for hire on evee.com.au.

Tesla battery factory gets green light in Berlin

Germany gives green light for Tesla to start "preliminary measures" for its planned electric car battery factory near Berlin.

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Israel’s StoreDot unveils “5-minute charge” EV battery

Israeli lithium-ion battery developer StoreDot unveils engineering samples of first-gen battery which the company says can recharge in just five minutes.

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Battery scientist Jeff Dahn extends Tesla contract, forges new role with Novonix

Tesla extends exclusive battery research contract with Dalhousie University team led by Jeff Dahn, who will also now advise to ASX-listed battery materials firm Novonix.

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Power tool: How Nissan Leaf e+ played vital role in Japan’s disaster recovery

Japan efforts to recover from natural disaster helped by the two-way battery that powers the Nissan Leaf electric car.

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Electric car batteries fall below “magic” price parity point

The cost of making lithium-ion battery packs drops below "magic number" needed to bring the EVs on par with combustion engine cars, and will be reached as an industry average by 2023.

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“Major breakthrough”: QuantumScape hails test results of solid state batteries

New solid state battery cells developed by VW-backed QuantumScape ticks three major boxes that could, if commercialised, blow away capabilities of today's EV batteries.

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LG Chem to double battery output to meet new Tesla demand

South Korean battery manufacturer LG Chem will reportedly double production capacity of battery cells to keep up with demand from US EV darling Tesla.