The Driven

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Nissan Leaf owners should be able to use their cars to power their homes later this year

Nissan Leaf owners will finally get access to bi-directironal chargers, and the ability to power their home from their battery on wheels, by the end of the year.

5 min

EV News

Four wheel drives are killing climate gains – the Cybertruck can’t come fast enough

Obsession with 4WD vehicles is derailing gains from the switch to electric as the big car makers pursue profit and sacrifice emissions.

2 min

NSW backs Narromine to become testing ground for flying electric cars

Regional NSW set to become centre for all-electric flying car trials, with state government awarding almost $1 million to establish flying testing facility in Narromine.

1 min

Electric and autonomous tractors: Is this the future of farming?

Paddocks farmed by autonomous and electric tractors could be a reality in the future if prototypes like this X tractor from Kubota comes to fruition.

3 min

Audi unveils e-tron Q4 Sportback, opens gateway to mass EV production

Audi adds another e-tron string to its electric vehicle bow, announcing the Q4 Sportback e-tron concept to a worldwide press audience on Tuesday.

3 min

EV News

Morgan Stanley lifts Tesla “bull” price valuation to phenomenal $A570 billion

Morgan Stanley ups Tesla "bull case" valuation after company added value of entire market cap of Ford every day over the past week.

3 min

Hyundai ships first FCEV heavy-duty trucks to Switzerland

Hyundai Motor Company ships first 10 Hyundai Xcient hydrogen-powered trucks to Switzerland, the world’s first mass-produced fuel cell heavy-duty truck.

2 min

Porsche $1 billion factory readies to build electric vehicles

Construction work on Porsche’s €600 million expansion of its Leipzig manufacturing facility continues apace as it moves towards the beginning of electromobility production.

4 min

Transformers: ANU to trial 51 Nissan Leafs for role as mobile batteries for the grid

ANU trial of vehicle-to-grid technology seeks to unlock potential of EVs as mobile batteries, and deliver more storage than five Snowy 2.0 schemes.

2 min

Tesla Model 3 boosts UK electric car market in June as overall market slumps

The Tesla Model 3 makes its mark in the UK, where EV sales surge in June as the overall new car market slumps again.