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Amazon starts using Rivian electric delivery vans

Amazon starts using Rivian electric delivery vans

Amazon commences using electric delivery vans made by Rivian, signalling beginning of massive shift to clean up the delivery of the company’s 2.5 billion packages a year.
Tritium to build largest universal EV charging hub in North America

Tritium to build largest universal EV charging hub in North America

Tritium partners with US-based Revel to build largest universal electric car fast-charging site in North America, at the old Pfizer building in Brooklyn.
Taylor pushes hybrids over battery electrics in “do nothing” transport policy

Taylor pushes hybrids over battery electrics in “do nothing” transport policy

Taylor urges hybrids over electric vehicles, and says there will be no government incentives for EVs in policy paper described as a “flaccid” and “do nothing” document.
Angus Taylor’s trouble with numbers continues as he snubs EVs on emissions costs

Angus Taylor’s trouble with numbers continues as he snubs EVs on emissions costs

Angus Taylor’s claims of $750 a tonne abatement cost for a “typical” electric vehicle is plain wrong, because it is based on the comparison of a big electric van with a small petrol one.
States must ramp up electric bus plans if they are to meet net zero pledges

States must ramp up electric bus plans if they are to meet net zero pledges

New report says states need to accelerate plans for zero emissions buses if they are to meet their net zero targets.
GM hires Will Ferrell for Super Bowl ad promising to “crush” Norway in electric car fight

GM hires Will Ferrell for Super Bowl ad promising to “crush” Norway in electric car fight

General Motors chooses actor Will Ferrell to launch campaign to “crush” Norway in adoption of electric vehicles.
Volkswagen leads consortium to develop wireless road charging for electric cars

Volkswagen leads consortium to develop wireless road charging for electric cars

Volkswagen consortium to develop and implement project that would see electric cars charge as they drive, a holy grail for EV makers.
VW expects to deliver 100,000 of its ID.4 electric SUV in 2021

VW expects to deliver 100,000 of its ID.4 electric SUV in 2021

VW aims for more than 100,000 sales of its new electric SUV across the world in 2021, but not in Australia where it says the EV policies are “crazy”.