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Bridie Schmidt is associate editor for The Driven, sister site of Renew Economy. She has been writing about electric vehicles since 2018, and has a keen interest in the role that zero-emissions transport has to play in sustainability. She has participated in podcasts such as Download This Show with Marc Fennell and Shirtloads of Science with Karl Kruszelnicki and is co-organiser of the Northern Rivers Electric Vehicle Forum. Bridie also owns a Tesla Model Y and has it available for hire on evee.com.au.

Transport commission blames fleet owners and business for Australia’s dirty car pool

Electric vehicle purchases in Australia are growing, but the focus of fleet owners and business on utes and SUVs means the country has one of world's dirtiest car fleets.

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CSIRO says Australia’s car fleet could be fully electric by 2050

CSIRO says Australia's car fleet could be fully electric by 2050 under "step change" scenario being modelled by grid operator, and hit more than 70% of new car sales by 2030.

The Hyundai Ioniq was introduced into Australia in 2018. Source: Hyundai

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CEFC backs smart charging and vehicle-to-grid, but Taylor says no to EV targets

CEFC backs Jet Charge push into smart home chargers and V2G, but energy minister dismisses calls for EV targets in policy to be handed down at year's end.

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Time to scrap your gas-guzzler: transport lobby pushes for quick switch to EVs

New report underlines need to retire older vehicles from the national fleet in order to fully decarbonise transport, because it is too late for business as usual.

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Why it’s time to get moving on decarbonising transport

One of the simplest ways to reduce transport emissions (alongside things like walkability, cycling and reduced plane travel) is converting machines that run on the combustion of fossil fuels to machines that run on green electricity.

The City of Sydney's fleet of Nissan LEAF EVs. Source: Nissan

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NSW government triples EV fleet pledge, to ease regulations for charging infrastructure

The NSW government triples its targets for government fleet EVs, will look to guarantee access to charging infrastructure in new buildings.

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France puts EVs at centre of $13.2bn plan to restart auto industry

France will jumpstart local auto industry decimated by Coronavirus pandemic with €8 billion plan including major boost for electric vehicles.

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The new electric vehicle models that Australia needed yesterday

If uptake of EVs is to gain hold in Australia, they need to be fit for purpose - here's a list of what we should expect to see in coming years.

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Morrison government finally admits there will be electric utes, and EVs can tow caravans

Morrison government admits its fear-mongering about EVs during election campaign had no basis. Utes can be electric, and EVs can tow things.

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Australia risks becoming dumping ground for world’s heavy polluting cars

Australia risks becoming dumping ground for world's worst polluting vehicles because of absence of fuel and vehicle efficiency standards, according to BloombergNEF.

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