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Riz Akhtar
Riz Akhtar

Riz is the founder of carloop based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV data, insight reports and trends. He is a mechanical engineer who spent the first 7 years of his career building transport infrastructure before starting carloop. He has a passion for cars, particularly EVs and wants to help reduce transport emissions in Australia. He currently drives a red Tesla Model 3.

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Toyota Hilux electric ute to finally arrive in Australia, but with limited range

  • 1 April 2026
  • 9 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
After almost 3 years since the trials on the Toyota BEV ute started, the company is finally ready to launch it in Australia - albeit with limited range.
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  • 3 min
  • Reviews
  • Top News

bZ4X review: More range, lower price, still very Toyota

  • 31 March 2026
  • 10 comments
  • Sam Parkinson
Toyota’s updated bZ4X arrives with more range, faster charging and a lower price. It’s a much better EV than before, but is it enough?
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  • 3 min
  • EV News

Toyota slashes price of its first EV by $10,000 despite bigger battery, longer range

  • 11 December 2025
  • 30 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
Toyota ups battery, adds range, power to its first EV in Australia, the bZ4X, while shaving thousands off the price.
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  • 3 min
  • Electric Work Vehicles

Toyota’s electric HiLux: Too little, too late, or just another car for Barry?

  • 12 November 2025
  • 10 comments
  • Ed Lynch-Bell
After years of stalling, Toyota has finally revealed a fully electric HiLux. But with rivals like BYD already gaining ground, questions remain over whether this signals real change or just another gesture.
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  • 3 min
  • Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Toyota demonstrates why hydrogen combustion engines are not the answer

  • 20 February 2024
  • Tim Eden
Toyota is betting on hydrogen cars, but even its own technology proves that burning hydrogen is wasteful compared with using the same electricity to charge a battery electric vehicle.
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  • 4 min
  • Electric Cars
  • EV News
  • Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Toyota carbon emissions soar, now more than Australia, as it seeks to slow EV uptake

  • 20 November 2023
  • Rachel Williamson
Toyota's reported carbon emissions soar after being forced to account for the use of the fossil fuel cars it makes.
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  • 2 min
  • Electric Work Vehicles
  • EV Conversions
  • EV News

New entrant in EVs-for-mines market predicts 7,200 in sales by 2027

  • 31 October 2023
  • Rachel Williamson
Australian company Climatech Zero is moving into EVs by licensing its Irish partner's autonomous vehicle software.
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  • 2 min
  • Electric Transport

Toyota fast-tracks testing of its “city-focused” electric Hilux ute in Australia

  • 13 October 2023
  • Riz Akhtar
Toyota reveals that it has reached another “milestone” to evaluate the electric but "city-focused" version of its popular Hilux ute.
Toyota Hilux BEV Concept Side Thailand 4YouAutoManija
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  • 2 min
  • Electric Work Vehicles

What we know about Toyota’s Hilux electric ute concept

  • 31 August 2023
  • Riz Akhtar
Here is what we know so far about the recently revealed electric ute Toyota calls the "Hilux Revo BEV concept", which it is testing in Australia.
Toyota BZ3 Driving
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  • 2 min
  • Electric Cars
  • Top News

Toyota recalls 12,205 EVs as Japan auto maker sales slump in world’s biggest EV market

  • 25 July 2023
  • Riz Akhtar
Toyota's woes with EVs continue amid major recall of its first electric sedan and amid continuing failures by Japanese car makers in world's biggest EV market.

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