Video: The Electric Ute that “hauls ass and tows like a beast”
Joe Biden gets it, so why isn’t the Australian government rushing to save the weekend by embracing electric Utes?
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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.
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