More passenger safety features to come to Tesla models
Elon Musk says Tesla to use inner-cabin cameras to improve the safety of infants and pets after replying to an owner's concerns.
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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.
Volta Trucks receives €40 million boost to electric truck as a service model
Volta Trucks lands €40 million from the European Investment Bank designed to help support the company’s rollout of its Truck as a Service model.
Nissan teases promised prototype of electric Skyline GT-R
Japanese automaker Nissan has offered us a brief glimpse of an electric prototype of its iconic Skyline.
As budget day looms, the message is clear: Help us to electrify homes and vehicles
The government should be on a war footing to electrify homes and cars. Households in my electorate, alone, could be saving $3,440 a year.
“An immense amount of competition:” V2G charging station costs set to plummet
A two-year vehicle-to-grid project has yielded valuable data on how best to use the technology. V2G costs are currently high but industry leaders think that's about to change.
EU votes to kill range anxiety with rapid boost in EV chargers for cars and trucks
EU requires public EV chargers for electric cars every 60kms along major highways by 2025, and for electric trucks by 2030.
Kia unveils all-electric EV9 three-row SUV, with swivel seats and “boost” options
Kia has provided full details of its much anticipated EV9 7-seater electric SUV which will arrive in Australia this year. But still no details on pricing.
“Disguise, defeat and deny:” Toyota loses appeal and must pay $1.3bln for dodgy diesel filters
Federal Court orders Toyota to compensate customers with faulty diesel particulate filters. But there is no compensation to those forced to breathe polluted air.
Fisker Ocean given Extreme range rating of more than 700km
Fisker's new Ocean "Extreme" model recently achieved a record 707 km WLTP range, making it the longest range EV offered to the European market.
Australia’s choice of electric car models has jumped from 5 to 50 in just five years
The number of EV models offered in Australia will have jumped from five to 50 by the end of this year, with 34 already available and another 17 due soon.