Smart #1 and Smart #3 test drives: Hash-tagging their way to an all electric future
Smart are back in Australia with a new all electric line-up, starting with the #1 and the #3. We take them for a drive.
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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.
Hiring an electric vehicle and dealing with the 6 stages of charging anxietyÂ
If you are going to Tasmania, you should consider going electric. Just pay attention to the locking procedures and prepare yourself for the six stages of charging anxiety on your return.
Patience is a virtue when negotiating EV charging gaps in top end of WA
Faulty fast chargers should not prevent EV drivers going to most places cars can take you at the top end of WA. Anyone road tripping with an EV knows the work-around: slow down!
Kia EV9 review: A great electric car for road trips, and very useful off the grid
The Kia EV9 electric people mover has won many awards and it's easy to see why. Plus, the vehicle-to-load facility was able to power up my brother's off-grid angle grinder – and I now have a new fire pit!
Xpeng “Tesla like” G6 electric SUV previewed: First experience on Australian roads
Australian-bound Xpeng G6 electric SUV previewed in Melbourne with first test-drive experience on local roads.
BYD Seal lays down challenge to Model 3, but it is more likely to be a Camry killer
Seal has been the first BEV for some time where people stopped me in the street to ask questions and comment on how they liked its looks.
Low cost EVs: Is the BYD Dolphin any good for long road trips?
We have travelled this road many times in our Tesla Model Y, and looked forward to a comparison with the BYD Dolphin, one of Australia's lowest cost EV offerings.
Solterra review: Is Subaru’s first electric car Outback ready?
As a long time Subaru driver I was fascinated to see how its first electric car, the Solterra, shaped up - and how it compares with its Toyota sister EV.
BYD Dolphin test drive: Hitting the mark for punters making first switch to EVs
The BYD Dolphin is shaping up as one of Australia’s cheapest and, for the price, best specified battery electric vehicles to date. Time to test it out.
“It’s awkward:” First year of EV ownership has delivered huge savings, but must we wave?
Our EV consumed as much electricity as our house in our first full year of ownership. But do we have to wave back to other EV drivers?