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Giles Parkinson is founder and editor of The Driven, and also edits and founded the Renew Economy and One Step Off The Grid web sites. He has been a journalist for nearly 40 years, is a former business and deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review, and owns a Tesla Model 3.

The Driven Podcast: Converted! How a 1964 VW Beetle became a fast, red electric bug

At the recent Australian Electric Vehicle Association exhibition in Brisbane you could barely miss it – in between the glamorous Jaguar I-Pace and a Tesla Model S – was a bright red VW beetle: a 1964 version and fully electric.

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VW predicts 40% price falls as it readies to make 50 million all-electric cars

Volkswagen says it plans to produce 50 million EVs and deliver price falls of around 40 per cent while it does so.

VW's I.D. Vizzion could be one of the carmaker's EVs to come out of its China factory.

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VW promises EVs like Tesla, but “half the price” by 2020

VW promises to produce electric vehicles by 2020 that can do anything that Tesla does – and are "cheaper by half".

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VW unveils details of its first electric hatch – the ‘Neo’ EV

Volkswagen releases details of the "Neo" hatch, which will come in three versions.

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VW adds electric cargo bike to new fleet of zero emission working vehicles

VW presents fleet of all-electric and hydrogen-powered commercial vehicles that includes vans for tradies and even an electric cargo bike.

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Dumas, VW sets new EV speed record at Goodwood

French professional auto driver sets an all new record for electric cars at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK.

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Volkswagen, Renault look to car-sharing future

European carmakers Renault and Volkswagen look to a future where people share electric cars rather than own them.

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Iconic VW Beetle could be reborn as electric four-door

Eighty years on from the first commercial production of the iconic Volkswagen Beetle and it looks like the once popular ‘people’s car’ is going electric.

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