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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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New Tesla Superchargers come online, with pricing as low as 35c/kWh

  • 13 September 2025
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  • Riz Akhtar
Tesla opens multiple new supercharger sites with some of the lowest fast charger prices of any charge point operator.
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Insights from Tesla’s giant and mostly off-grid Lost Hills Supercharger hub

  • 11 September 2025
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  • Joshua S. Hill
New analysis provides key insights into how Tesla's massive Lost Hills Supercharger hub is using its large solar and battery installations to support a skinny connection to the local grid.
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Volkswagen’s Elli launches bidirectional charging pilot that promises lower costs

  • 11 September 2025
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  • Joshua S. Hill
Volkswagen’s energy and charging solutions subsidiary Elli has launched a bidirectional charging pilot that it says can reduce charging costs by up to 75 per cent.
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Australia’s first electric prime mover charging hub gets federal funding

  • 11 September 2025
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  • Rachel Williamson
Australia's first electric prime mover charging hub has received $12 million in federal funding, and will feature 14 charging bays for electric trucks.
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Tesla launches game-changing EV public charging feature for owners

  • 11 September 2025
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  • Riz Akhtar
Tesla aims to fix dozen of EV charging apps issue for owners, starting with one market ahead of imminent expansion.
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  • 9 min
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A plug for the Australian public charging sector on World EV Day

  • 10 September 2025
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  • Andrew Simpson
Our public charging is in much better shape than some would have us believe, but we still need a coherent strategy to support the needs of more than one million EVs.
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Network rolls out community batteries to support fast EV charging in remote areas

  • 2 September 2025
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  • Joshua S. Hill
Network announcement final location for eight community batteries, half of them to enable EV fast chargers to be installed in areas that were not possible before.
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Batteries on wheels: Why V2G uptake could be the next big opportunity for networks

  • 19 August 2025
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  • Yogendra Vashishtha
If forecasts of 300,000 bi-directional V2G EVs become reality by 2030, Australian electricity networks will need a plan.
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Tesla brings back free lifetime supercharging for new Model 3 owners

  • 16 August 2025
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  • Riz Akhtar
Tesla brings back free lifetime supercharging on select models in one key market.
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What is the cheapest way to charge your electric vehicle?

  • 15 August 2025
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  • The Conversation
It makes sense to charge your EV as cheaply as possible, given many drivers are switching to save on running costs and help tight household budgets. Here’s how.

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