This Month
Japan’s car industry consolidates: Honda and Nissan reveal merger plan
The Japanese car giants will merge to create the world’s third-largest automotive group by 2026, as the two companies struggle to keep up with global competitors.
- Jessica Sier
Foxconn throws curveball in Nissan-Honda merger talks
The iPhone maker has thrown a potential spanner in the works by approaching struggling Nissan about acquiring a stake, according to sources and media reports.
- Nicholas Takahashi
- Analysis
- Cars
Merge or die: Honda-Nissan talks mark pivotal moment in painful transition
Japanese discussions signal industry-wide consolidation as carmakers struggle with electric vehicle transition costs and growing competition from China.
- Updated
- Jessica Sier
Natixis’s Mirova backs millions into EV charging biz JET Charge
Natixis Investment Managers-affiliate Mirova led the $72 million funding round via its energy transition strategy.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
This year’s highs and lows in motoring
We farewelled the Audi TT – and a car driven only by maths professors and architects – but there were good times too.
- Tony Davis
Honda, Nissan consider merger to take on Tesla, China EVs
Such a deal would create an automotive rival to Toyota that would effectively consolidate the Japanese car industry into two camps.
- Updated
- Chester Dawson
‘A different animal’: Inside Huawei’s new EV business
The Chinese tech giant’s multibillion-dollar unit is setting its sights on becoming a big supplier to the electric car industry despite US sanctions.
- Edward White and Tina Hu
Tax hit for homeowners, EV drivers as Vic deficit blows out to $3.6b
Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas revealed property owners face a doubled fire services levy while electric vehicle drivers will lose a registration discount.
- Gus McCubbing
- Driving With Tony Davis
- Life & Leisure
The only car you’ll ever need (if you have a spare $3.8m)
McLaren’s fastest road car ever, the new W1, also has a reasonable amount of luggage space. Everything you’d want in a car, surely?
- Tony Davis
Why the ‘Anti-Elon Tesla club’ is booming
Some customers are cooling on the best-known electric vehicle brand as the billionaire CEO cultivates close ties to Donald Trump.
- Claire Bushey
- Opinion
- Renewables
Why people really decide to install solar panels
In an ideal world we would not need to be prodded into greener behaviour. But in many cases, the social contagion effect is a key motivator.
- Pilita Clark
EVs to get even cheaper as price war enters ‘knockout’ round
Australia will benefit from a brutal and stepped up cost-cutting battle between China’s manufacturers.
- Jessica Sier
Macquarie inks $300m deal to finance EVs for ride-share drivers
Splend, a start-up that leases electric vehicles to Uber drivers, plans to increase its fleet of ride-share vehicles to 10,000 after signing a new debt deal.
- Tess Bennett
Why this ‘extraordinary’ global CEO was axed
Carlos Tavares was forced from major carmaker Stellantis, which has brands like Jeep, Peugeot and Maserati, as global EV sales slump and cost-cutting ramps up.
- Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli, Kana Inagaki and Ian Johnston
- Updated
- Italy
Boss of Jeep, Maserati, Peugeot quits as sales plunge
The world’s fourth-largest car maker, with brands like Fiat and Ram, has suffered a sharp decline in profits this year.
- Wyatte Grantham-Philips and Albertina Torsoli
November
- Driving With Tony Davis
- Life & Leisure
A big electric SUV with sporty intent
The Lotus Eletre is mechanically similar to the Emeya sedan and shares many interior parts and much of the tech.
- Tony Davis
- Exclusive
- Energy prices
Electrification and renewables could slice 20pc off energy bills: AEMC
The agency that writes the rules governing the electricity and gas markets estimates big savings for families if they move away from petrol cars and gas.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Nissan seeks major investor with just ‘months to survive’
The car maker looks for a steady shareholder as longtime partner Renault sells down its holding.
- Harry Dempsey, David Keohane and Kana Inagaki
Prestige new electric vehicles being sold for a loss by dealers
Demand for EVs above $70,000 is stalling, and the government’s tougher emissions standards scheme may worsen an oversupply next year.
- Simon Evans
Musk’s ascent to White House hands Australian fund $140m windfall
The rapid rise of the Tesla CEO through the US political ranks has proven very profitable for one Brisbane firm. But there are other reasons it owns the stock.
- Joshua Peach