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Bridie Schmidt

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 Y and has it available for hire on evee.com.au.

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Tesla chases down Toyota, as electric SUV sales boosted by rebates

  • 5 November 2021
  • Bridie Schmidt
Charging with friends in Goulburn. Supplied
Tesla chases down Toyota as EV sales soar, and EVs from other car makers are doing OK as well.
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Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Volvo XC40 EVs get top Australian safety ratings

  • 28 October 2021
  • Bridie Schmidt
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 and the Volvo XC40 Recharge both get five gold stars from the national car safety body ANCAP.
Volvo XC40 Recharge. Source: Volvo
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All-electric Volvo XC40 Recharge shoots to top of Australian EV sales

  • 12 October 2021
  • Bridie Schmidt
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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Volvo’s electric XC40 Recharge already sold out in Australia, with “hundreds” on order

  • 9 September 2021
  • Bridie Schmidt
The first allocation in Australia of the all-electric Volvo XC40 Recharge is already exhausted, but there are more on the way.
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Volvo XC90 electric SUV will feature LiDAR and AI “super computer”

  • 30 June 2021
  • Joshua S. Hill
Volvo to include LidAR and AI technology with release of its electric SUV.
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“No future for ICE cars:” Volvo urges Australian government to follow NSW lead

  • 25 June 2021
  • Bridie Schmidt
Volvo Australia urges federal and state governments to follow EV policy lead of NSW, which it says is a "significant step in the right direction."
About 50% of the world's EV batteries are currently made by Tesla
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Volvo and Northvolt plan 50GWh gigafactory in EV battery joint venture

  • 23 June 2021
  • Joshua S. Hill
The two companies join forces to develop and produce more sustainable batteries, tailored to power the next generation of pure electric Volvo and Polestar vehicles.
Volvo XC40 Recharge. Source: Volvo
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Volvo reveals pricing for its first all electric SUV in Australia, XC40 Recharge

  • 8 June 2021
  • Bridie Schmidt
Volvo releases pricing of XC40 Recharge, its first all-electric vehicle for Australia under the Volvo name, and says it will launch in Q3 2021.
Volvo XC40 Recharge. Source: Volvo
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“No future” for ICE: Volvo will sell only pure electric cars by 2030

  • 3 March 2021
  • Bridie Schmidt
Swedish-Chinese carmaker Volvo joins growing number of carmakers to embrace all-electric transition, announcing that it will sell only fully-electric cars by 2030.
Volvo XC40 Recharge. Source: Volvo
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Volvo and Geely deepen electric car partnership

  • 2 March 2021
  • Joshua S. Hill
Volvo and Geely to maintain separate corporate structures but cooperate more closely in effort to deliver “synergies in powertrains”.

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