Suzuki releases specs of its first EV – the e Vitara – ahead of launch
Specs of Suzuki's first EV in Australia revealed, coming with two variants in a growing sea of family electric SUVs.
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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.
Tesla Model 3 sales skyrocket in Japan as price reaches all-time low
Tesla Model 3 sales skyrocket 1300% in Japan because a price drop and boosted EV subsidies have brought its price to $A40,000.
Nissan and Mitsubishi to sell a $A24,000 EV from 2022
Nissan and Mitsubishi sell to $24,000 micro-car in Japan from 2022, in effort to fill gap in market at similar price to combustion engine vehicle.
Toyota is working on 1,000km EV battery with Kyoto Uni
Toyota is working on an electric vehicle battery that it says would allow a car to drive 1,000 km in normal driving conditions.
Japan to build world’s first all-electric tanker equipped with li-ion batteries
Japanese shipping company Asahi Tanker announces plans to build two “world first” zero-emission electric propulsion tankers powered solely by lithium-ion batteries.
Toyota arrives late to EV party with compact electric car
Toyota announces new production-ready ultra-compact BEV (battery electric vehicle) at Tokyo Motor Show ahead of planned 2020 launch in Japan.
Japanese giants partner to build world first zero-emissions tanker
Four Japanese companies announce plans to develop world’s first zero-emissions tanker by mid-2021 in effort to promote greater use of electrically powered marine transport.