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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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BYD tests solid state battery it says can deliver 1,500 km EV range

  • 22 June 2025
  • 27 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
BYD is reported to be undertaking testing of its next generation solid-state battery tech with major improvements in range.
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  • 1 min
  • Batteries
  • EV News

Mitsubishi to trial battery swap technology for electric trucks and buses

  • 17 June 2025
  • 6 comments
  • Joshua S. Hill
Mitsubishi is to take part in a multi-year trial that will feature more than 150 battery-swappable electric buses and trucks and 14 battery swap stations.
Cut-away view of Nissan Leaf ZE0 battery pack.
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  • 2 min
  • Batteries
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“Enormous surge:” EV batteries get second life as large-scale energy storage

  • 15 June 2025
  • 7 comments
  • Matthew Biss
New Zealand's biggest utility reapplies old EV batteries into a charging facility, while German start-up raises funds to tap into huge demand for repurposing second hand EV batteries into stationary storage.
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  • 2 min
  • Batteries

Adelaide council votes to approve Tesla factory, despite heavily redacted opposition

  • 28 May 2025
  • 10 comments
  • Rachel Williamson
The Marion council is going ahead with its plan to sell a contaminated piece of land to a developer, which wants to build bespoke Tesla battery recycling factory.
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  • 3 min
  • Batteries

“Trees not Teslas:” Elon Musk hate inspires mass objections to Adelaide battery factory

  • 27 May 2025
  • 22 comments
  • Rachel Williamson
Hatred for Elon Musk's politics and despair over the loss of green space is behind an avalanche of rejections to a proposal to redevelop a contaminated Adelaide site for a Tesla battery recycling factory.
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  • 1 min
  • Batteries
  • Electric Work Vehicles

CATL launches new swappable battery for heavy-duty trucks, promises big cost savings

  • 20 May 2025
  • Joshua S. Hill
Chinese battery giant CATL says its new swappable battery can deliver big savings to truck operators over diesel equivalents.
B2U stationary storage using recycled EV batteries
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  • 4 min
  • Batteries

Used EV batteries could power vehicles, houses or even towns – if their manufacturers share vital data

  • 29 April 2025
  • 4 comments
  • The Conversation
Second-life EV batteries could reshape energy storage — if automakers release critical data.
Battery manufacturing
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  • 2 min
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World’s biggest battery maker flags first commercial sodium battery packs by end of year

  • 23 April 2025
  • 11 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
CATL says lower cost, safer and more efficient sodium-ion batteries will be in mass production in 2025.
CATL Battery Showcase Melbourne
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  • 2 min
  • Batteries
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World’s biggest battery maker announces new tech, including stunning charging speed

  • 22 April 2025
  • 9 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
World's biggest battery maker outdoes BYD and announces game changing batteries that can have 520 km of range added in just 5 minutes.
EV Battery Pack
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  • 3 min
  • Batteries
  • EV News

EV batteries may last 40 pct longer than previously thought, new study shows

  • 10 April 2025
  • 15 comments
  • Amalyah Hart
Tests in real-world driving conditions show that EV batteries may last nearly 40 per cent longer than previously thought, amounting to an extra 300,000 kilometres.

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