Sophie is editor of One Step Off The Grid and deputy editor of its sister site, Renew Economy. Sophie has been writing about clean energy for more than a decade.

V2X: UK EV plant lights up Christmas with a Nissan Leaf

A Nissan Leaf is being used to power the Christmas display at UK car plant celebrating the milestone production of more than 250,000 of the popular EVs.

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Toyota to trial vehicle-to-grid technology to allow EVs to share power with utilities

Toyota is setting up a pilot plant in the US that will allow vehicles to transfer energy from their battery back onto the electric grid.

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Fully Charged to film up to 20 Australian shows ahead of March live event

Fully Charged host Robert Llewellyn will arrive in Australia in mid-January to kick off an eight-week promotional campaign ahead of the live event in Sydney.

2022 Tesla Model S refresh. Source: Tesla

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Electric Cars

Tesla launches Steam gaming, but Australia to miss out on holiday upgrade

Tesla has added Steam, a leading video gaming distribution service, to thousands of Tesla vehicles. But not in Australia.

Tesla Mulgrave Nov 2022 Vehicles Parked Black

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Electric Cars

Tesla EV used listings fall 20% as prices finally come down

Number of listings and prices of second hand Tesla electric cars continue to fall.

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New NSW funding round to focus on bigger and faster EV charging stations

New NSW funding round will focus on bigger and faster EV charging stations, with a minimum eight ultra-fast charging bays in Sydney and four in the country.

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Solid state battery breakthrough could slash EV costs and recharging time

Scientists from Australia and Japan claim breakthrough in durable solid-state batteries that could “drastically reduce” electric vehicle costs and recharge times.