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Giles Parkinson

Giles Parkinson is founder and editor of The Driven, and also edits and founded the Renew Economy and One Step Off The Grid web sites. He has been a journalist for nearly 40 years, is a former business and deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review, and owns a Tesla Model 3.

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

The Kangoo ZE. Source: Renault

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.

The Veefil-RT fast-charger by Tritium can charge a car in half an hour. Credit: Bridie Schmidt

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NRMA demands urgent reforms to prepare for electric vehicle revolution

NRMA calls for reforms - including changing FBT to focus on emissions rather than price, and excluding battery electrics from luxury tax - to help Australia catch up with EV transition.

nissan leaf

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South Australia “in discussions” to copy Victoria’s crippling EV road tax

South Australia’s Liberal government confirms it is still looking to model Victoria’s per-kilometre “user charge” for the state’s electric vehicle drivers.

tesla superchargers

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Electrifying federal government fleet could be done at fraction of new cost estimates

It could cost a fraction of projected $200 million to transition federal government fleet, electric vehicle and energy consultancy firm Evenergi says.

mg zs ev

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“No longer a pipe dream:” AGL expands EV subscription service to Queensland

AGL extends its recently-launched electric vehicle subscription service to Brisbane, offering six different EV models for a minimum of $300 a week.

ev charging carpark

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Most Victorians want support for electric vehicles, not taxes

Two-thirds of Victorians want to see electric vehicles supported, not taxed, according to a new EVC survey.

mary barra ev day

4 min

GM vows to stop making petrol and diesel cars by 2035

General Motors looks to ditch petrol and diesel from all light-duty vehicle offerings by 2035, as it aims to be carbon-neutral by 2040.

Volvo FL electric truck. Source: Volvo

2 min

Scott Morrison test drives an electric truck, but can’t find EV policy button

Scott Morrison drives an electric truck. Did it ruin his weekend?

karma revero at tritium charger, pasadena

2 min

Biden commits entire US government vehicle fleet to go electric

US president Joe Biden commits to transition largest government fleet in world to electric vehicles - all 645,000 of them.

caddens corner charging

4 min

EV policy and strategy in Australia: what has changed in 2020?

Your ready reckoner for EV policy in Australia - where it is at in 2020, and where it is going in 2021.

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