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Riz Akhtar
Riz Akhtar

Riz is the founder of carloop based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV data, insight reports and trends. He is a mechanical engineer who spent the first 7 years of his career building transport infrastructure before starting carloop. He has a passion for cars, particularly EVs and wants to help reduce transport emissions in Australia. He currently drives a red Tesla Model 3.

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Tesla officially launches FSD in Australia, potentially changing transport sector forever

  • 18 September 2025
  • 11 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
Tesla launches FSD supervised in Australia after years in the making, marking a huge milestone.
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  • 4 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles

Tesla FSD Supervised has quickly won over doubters, but is it legal?

  • 13 September 2025
  • 4 comments
  • Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Video from Tesla vehicles driving on Australian roads without hands on steering wheels have led some to question whether the software is legal to use without a permit,
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  • 2 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles

“This came as a surprise!”: Tesla customers start to receive FSD supervised access in Australia

  • 13 September 2025
  • 6 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
Tesla customers across Australia are starting to receive early access supervised full-self-driving ahead of imminent broader launch.
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  • 4 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • EV News

Tesla leaves loyal FSD customers in the dark, with financial regrets

  • 4 September 2025
  • 26 comments
  • Tim Eden
The owners of older Tesla vehicles who purchased FSD long ago have not heard anything at all from Tesla for years. Maybe I should have bought Tesla shares instead.
Yutong bus and coach product lineup. Source: Yutong
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  • 4 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Electric Transport

Yutong: The world’s biggest bus maker you’ve probably never heard of

  • 29 August 2025
  • 13 comments
  • Tim Eden
The world's biggest bus maker may soon be bringing double decker electric buses to Australia. In China, all city buses are already electric.
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  • 2 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • EV News

Tesla to launch supervised full self driving “soon” in Australia and New Zealand

  • 29 August 2025
  • 13 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
Tesla teases Australian launch of FSD supervised and labels it as "coming soon".
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  • 2 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • EV News

Musk says Tesla Robotaxis service to open to public next month

  • 12 August 2025
  • 8 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
Elon Musk confirms that Tesla's Robotaxi service to be offered to public next month.
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  • 2 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • EV News

Tesla takes FSD to New Zealand, and negotiates speed humps and building sites

  • 10 August 2025
  • 3 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
Tesla FSD demo surfaces from the inner-city streets of Auckland, New Zealand, showing how progressed the system really is.
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  • 2 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • EV News

Tesla launches Robotaxi service in California covering large Bay Area

  • 2 August 2025
  • 6 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
Tesla enters California with its Robotaxi service with invites being sent to users in an area covering over 7 million people.
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  • 2 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • EV News

Tesla now heads to the UK with supervised FSD testing showcase after Australia

  • 28 July 2025
  • 11 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
Tesla's supervised FSD showcase continues, heading to its second right-hand-drive market in the UK, crossing multiple London landmarks.

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