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Bridie Schmidt is lead reporter for The Driven, sister site of Renew Economy. She specialises in writing about new technology and has been writing about electric vehicles for two years. She has a keen interest in the role that zero emissions transport has to play in sustainability and is co-organiser of the Northern Rivers Electric Vehicle Forum.

Zero contact and zero emissions: “Covid safe” electric taxis to launch in Sydney

Fleet of 120 electric taxis offering hygienic transport alternative will launch in Sydney in coming weeks, the first in planned 2,000 fleet as part of a "Clean Air Taxi" initiative by new e-taxi platform ETaxiCo.

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Tesla battery team breaks one million mile barrier – and the implications are huge

Tesla is one step closer to producing a one million mile battery with applications from "robo-taxis," to vehicle-to-grid, to long haul trucking.

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Thousands of electric taxis in London have saved 6800 tonnes of CO2

London EV Company rolls 2,500th electric, "zero emissions capable" taxi off factory floor, says it has prevented around 850,000 litres of fossil fuel from being used.

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