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Bridie Schmidt is associate editor for The Driven, sister site of Renew Economy. She has been writing about electric vehicles since 2018, and has a keen interest in the role that zero-emissions transport has to play in sustainability. She has participated in podcasts such as Download This Show with Marc Fennell and Shirtloads of Science with Karl Kruszelnicki and is co-organiser of the Northern Rivers Electric Vehicle Forum. Bridie also owns a Tesla Model 3 and has it available for hire on evee.com.au.

All-electric Volvo XC40 Recharge shoots to top of Australian EV sales

The Volvo XC40 Recharge electric accounted for one in three of its XC40 SUV and 21% of all Volvo's sales in September.

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Tesla leads EV market, but deliveries pause as customers wait for rebates

Tesla continued to lead the way in EV sales in August, but deliveries have slowed as customers waited for EV rebates to come into force.

2021 Model 3. Image credit: Sam Parkinson

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Electric Cars

Electric car sales take off in Australia, with Tesla leading the way

Electric car sales are beginning to take off in Australia, with more than 6,000 sold in the first half of 2021 - a doubling of 2020's entire sales.

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Electric Cars

Tesla “army” arrives in Australia, in what will be record-shattering quarter

Record shipment means Tesla sales have boosted the EV market share in Australia to around 2 per cent, and the Model 3 is fast catching up with the Toyota Corolla.