Electric Kombi will create a buzz for VW fans, but it’s going to cost
Iconic VW Kombi made popular in the 70s by hippies and travelers is getting a makeover and being reborn as the all-electric I.D. Buzz. Expect it in 2022.
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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.
Electric car start-up Lucid secures $US1 billion investment from Saudi oil fund
Lucid Motors has just secures $US1billion investment with the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund in another sign electric cars are the future.
Audi gets serious in 12 model EV offensive, starting with quattro e-tron
Audi launches an all out marketing campaign for its new all-electric SUV, the Audi e-tron quattro - the first of 12 EV models.
Tesla will fix its own cars, says Musk – at least in the US
Tesla tells customers that they can bring their cars in for body repairs, in a bid to reduce the painfully long wait times some Tesla owners are experiencing.
BMW’s vision of the future? An electric SUV you may not drive
BMW chooses the fuselage of a cargo plane in New York to unveil latest vision of the future of cars: an intelligent, autonomous, electric SUV.
Volvo goes electric and autonomous with cab-less truck
Early next year Volvo will unleash a 16-tonne all-electric truck and Vera is set to follow in its tyre tracks.
Move over James Bond: Aston Martin reveals ‘secrets’ of all-electric Rapide E
Aston Martin has revealed details of its all-new, all-electric Rapid E: 155 copies will be assembled next year, and not one more.
A $20,000 Aussie hatchback EV could cause a ‘Kodak-Moment’ for car industry
Remember how the old cell phone was largely replaced by the smart phone in one replacement cycle? Remember how film cameras gave way to digital cameras over a couple of years? That could happen with EVs.
Australian customers will be able to access “cheap” version of Tesla Model 3
Tesla said to be within eight months of manufacturing "cheap" version of Model 3, which will be good news for Australian customers.
Mercedes-Benz unveils an autonomous EV with swappable bodies
Mercedes Benz introduces an electric chassis with inter-changeable bodies - the "future of mobility" is taking us further away from the concept of transport as we know it.