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Giles Parkinson is founder and editor of The Driven, and also edits and founded the Renew Economy and One Step Off The Grid web sites. He has been a journalist for nearly 40 years, is a former business and deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review, and owns a Tesla Model 3.

Battery powered home and car: The fossil fuel era is fading

NSW hinterland luxury rental home with 10kW solar, two Tesla Powerwall batteries, and a Model X EV, seeks to demonstrate Tesla’s vision of the new energy and transport future. So how does it shape up?

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Battery electric vehicles push ahead of hybrids in Europe

Falling prices, longer range and ICE bans helps pure battery electric vehicles to push ahead of hybrids in market share and sales volume.

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Toyota and Panasonic join forces to ramp up EV battery supply

A joint venture between Toyota and Panasonic will see the establishment of a new company with the view to bring a stable supply of automotive prismatic batteries to the market.

David and Chris Cann are getting their Hyundai Ioniq tomorrow. Credit: David Cann

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Hyundai Ioniq sales off to fast-start, with full battery version preferred

Hyundai says first shipments of Ioniq already sold out, with most customers opting for the full-electric version. The delivery happens on Friday.

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Daimler prepares for EV revolution with $A31bn battery order

Daimler has €20billion EV batteries on order and plans to make more of its own as it prepares to launch its own "electric offensive".

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Is a battery electric vehicle safe in a flood?

In the event of a flood, is it any more dangerous for an electric vehicle to be floating down the main street than an ICE car?

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Electric vehicle car parks could provide more storage than Tesla big battery

Macquarie Uni research says car parks in an electric vehicle future have the potential to provide more storage than South Australia's big Tesla battery.

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Why are EVs more expensive? Is it really just the battery costs?

The disparity in price between ICE and EV cars lies in battery, supply chains and economies of scale. But a price fall is imminent, and the Kodak moment too.

The Chevrolet Bolt EV is not currently part of GM's far-reaching changes

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GM finally wakes up to battery electric future, shuts five ICE factories

GM to close five ICE car plants and sack 15 per cent of its workforce as it finally concedes it needs to focus on a future of battery electric vehicles.

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Hydrogen fuel cell cars have three times emissions of battery EVs – UQ study

If charged on Australia's main grid, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles will have three times the emissions of battery electric vehicles, and nearly double those of petrol cars, UQ study finds.

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