This Month
Left scores shock French win; Rex Minerals soars; Airport train deal
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Biden’s debate confession; Retail sales rise; Crucial super trick
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Tesla surges as quarterly deliveries fall less than expected
Shares in the EV maker leapt 10.2 per cent after it reported that it delivered 443,956 vehicles in the second quarter.
- Kara Carlson and Dana Hull
June
To get power bills down, your suburb needs a battery
A power company wants to install hundreds of local batteries. Bureaucracy is getting in the way.
- Aaron Patrick
How the tech elite went from disruptors to disrupted
Some of the world’s most powerful business executives allowed themselves to be seduced by Donald Trump.
- Kara Swisher
- Opinion
- Electric vehicles
Prepare for yet another big EV adoption hurdle
Apartment owners and strata managers are unprepared for the costs and complications of securing building insurance for blocks with electric vehicle owners and charging facilities.
- Jennifer Hewett
‘Grandkids won’t learn to drive’: New driverless car push in Australia
Despite the spinning sensors and eerily self-turning steering wheel, self-driving vehicles quickly felt normal in our testing on the streets of San Francisco.
- Nick Bonyhady
- Opinion
- Governance
What directors should learn from Musk’s massive payout
Tesla’s shareholders still believe in the magic of their chief executive, but critics say the bumper payday has warped some of the company’s decisions.
- Karen Maley
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The cult of Musk is alive and well. Now he needs to deliver
Elon Musk’s massive pay deal has been re-approved by Tesla investors. But the billionaire needs to stop selling the same old blue sky and start delivering.
- James Thomson
Tesla shareholders approve Musk’s $72b pay package
The shareholder vote is a major win for the Tesla chief executive as he seeks to reassert control over the company.
- Jack Ewing and Peter Eavis
Musk says shareholders approving his $75b pay package
It’s D-Day for the Tesla CEO as shareholders vote on his controversial pay package – with major implications for the billionaire and his company.
- Updated
- Trisha Thadani
EU to impose multibillion-euro tariffs on Chinese electric cars
The European Commission is set to tell carmakers that it will provisionally apply additional duties of up to 25 per cent on imported Chinese EVs from July.
- Andy Bounds
- Opinion
- Electric vehicles
EV charging network needs urgent upgrade
Electric vehicles will only become more popular – but the power supply to charge them is not keeping up with the pace.
- Jennifer Hewett
The key to more company cars going electric
The number of EV models on offer in Australia has expanded to beyond 100, and more businesses are examining whether to shift their fleets from petrol or diesel.
- Simon Evans
How to choose the right electric vehicle for you
With more and more people making the switch to an EV, and more brands on offer, what are the key considerations for drivers?
- Tony Davis
May
Trump mulls ‘advisory role for Musk’ if he wins White House
The pair have held talks on a possible advisory role for the Tesla billionaire in a Trump presidency, a sign their once-frosty relationship has thawed.
- Updated
- Tim Reid
- Opinion
- US election
Investors find little to celebrate as focus shifts to US election
Investors are becoming increasingly anxious that massive US government deficits and increasing tariffs represent a dangerous inflationary cocktail.
- Karen Maley
Tesla slams Glass Lewis after report on Musk mega pay deal
The electric vehicle maker has hit back at the proxy adviser and is urging investors to back Musk’s mega pay deal.
- Nick Bonyhady
- Opinion
- Electric vehicles
Why tariffs won’t stop China’s dominance in EVs
Chinese EVs are facing higher tariffs in Europe and the US, raising the likelihood of a broader trade war. Australia may be caught in the middle.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Analysis
- AI
Nvidia’s share price is about to plummet, but it’s all part of the plan
Nvidia boss Jensen Huang knows this is his moment, and he’s capitalising on surging demand for his AI chips and his white-hot shares.
- Updated
- Paul Smith and James Thomson