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Bridie Schmidt

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 3 and has it available for hire on evee.com.au.

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All-electric Sydney to Canberra flights to start in 2022, in Barrier Reef by 2026

  • December 7, 2021
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Source: Eve Urban Air Mobillity
All-electric flights from Sydney to Canberra could start from second half of 2022, and over Great Barrier Reef by 2026, under deals struck with eVTOL company Eve.
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The first flight for Rolls-Royce all-electric plane ‘Spirit of Innovation’ flown at Boscombe Down on Wednesday 15th of September 2021.
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Jet zero: Rolls-Royce smashes record for world’s fastest all-electric plane

  • November 24, 2021
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Rolls-Royce's all-electric ‘Spirit of Innovation’ aircraft sets what it hopes will be a new speed record, making it the world’s fastest all-electric aircraft.
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Australian start-up plans to build hydrogen-fueled plane within 18 months

  • November 12, 2021
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New Australian start up says it plans to have a hydrogen-fueled plane available within 18 months.
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Airspeeder all-electric flying cars take off in first drag race

  • November 5, 2021
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Video: A pre-season flying electric drag race from Airpseeder took place this week, going blade-to-blade at speeds of more than 100 km/hr.
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Chinese EV maker Xpeng plans to mass produce flying cars by 2024

  • October 25, 2021
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Xpeng wants to sell a "mass-market" flying electric car by 2024 with a price tag of less than 1 million yuan ($A210,000 converted).
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Telstra joins race to bring flying electric cars to the masses

  • September 22, 2021
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  • Sophie Vorrath
Telstra Purple joins "very Australian innovation story," lending its expertise to a series of races aimed at fast-tracking the advent of flying electric cars.
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