The Driven

5 min

Electric vehicle manufacturers finally get serious about Australia

Choice of electric vehicles in Australia is finally set to grow this year with a raft of new models promising longer range, low running costs and at long last some priced around the $50,000 mark.

2 min

Battery swapping future on cards for Yamaha electric scooters

Yamaha intends to apply Gogoro’s battery swapping technology to their own Yamaha-branded e-scooters.

Nissan LEAF starts the Electric Marathon

2 min

Nissan LEAF is driving electric marathon event in Europe

Six Nissan LEAFs power their way across Europe as part of 3,700km Tallsinki – Monte-Carlo electric marathon racing event.

Suzuki set to test first electric vehicles, targeting huge India market

India's largest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki, has announced that it will soon begin testing of its first electric vehicle prototype as it gears up to release 50 electric cars onto the Indian market.

2 min

NZ to offer more electric vehicle incentives, as EV registrations reach 10,000

New Zealand reaches 10,000 electric vehicle registrations and flags new policies to encourage EVs - include a penalty for buyers of high emissions vehicles and a rebate for low or zero emission cars.

1 min

Video: Listen to the sound of a Tesla Semi accelerating

Like a "spaceship taking off:" Watch and listen to the other-wordly sound of a Tesla Semi – trailer attached – accelerating.

2 min

Hyundai to send 1,000 hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks to Switzerland

A fleet of 1,000 hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks forms the central part of a memorandum inked between South Korean carmaker Hyundai and Swiss renewable resource company H2 Energy.

2 min

Porsche gives up on diesel to set sights on electric and hybrid future

Porsche will no longer invest in vehicles fueled by diesel, preferring instead to concentrate its efforts on growing electric mobility market.

2 min

Townsville “Gigafactory” partner also working on high performance electric racing car

One of companies behind planned $2bn li-ion gigafactory battery plant in Townsville working with Formula 1 team on high performance electric racing car.

3 min

Why taxis should be the best candidates for electric vehicles

We know that an EV economics stack up better against an equivalent petrol or diesel vehicle the longer the distance covered. So why not extend that logic to taxis?