Electric vehicles
Chinese giant brings first EV for under $30,000 to Australia
BYD’s cheap electric vehicles coincide with government-backed low-cost finance loans for clean car buyers.
- by Mike Foley
Latest
Can carmakers survive the ‘made in China’ crisis?
Chinese manufacturers and electrification have taken the world of cars by storm, and the heavyweights of the past are struggling to catch up.
- by Liam Denning
Cost-of-living crisis meets new era of electric cars
Customers are voting with their wallets and continuing to buy more clean cars despite a tougher economic outlook.
- by Mike Foley
Opinion
Elon Musk
Why is Tesla selling fewer cars?
Elon Musk may have had a great 2024, but his EV company has notched up an unwelcome milestone.
- by Liam Denning
Lithium’s rocky patch: Key building block of EV revolution faces uncertain future under Trump
While prices have started to pick up again, this major green energy metal’s fortunes in 2025 will hinge on whether electric vehicles sales can maintain their momentum.
- by Simon Johanson and Nick Toscano
Brisbane Airport reaches net-zero milestone
Brisbane Airport is now 100 per cent powered by renewable electricity, having achieved net zero on two of the three metrics – scope one and scope two – used to measure emissions.
- by Cameron Atfield
New rules to bring more and cheaper EVs to Australia
Australia joins every other developed economy – except for Russia – by imposing fuel efficiency standards.
- by Mike Foley
Electric air taxis are taking flight. Can they succeed as a business?
An electrically powered mash-up of a helicopter and an aeroplane could be launched within a year in Abu Dhabi.
- by Lori Aratani
Australia urged to power ahead with rollout of EV chargers
The slow rollout of chargers may make electric vehicles less attractive to buyers or prompt owners to take risks powering up their cars.
- by Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Two major car makers joining forces to survive
The Japanese auto industry is bracing for a major shake-up as traditional car makers try to tackle the onslaught of EVs.
- by Mari Yamaguchi and Elaine Kurtenbach
Plan mooted to install electric vehicle chargers on power poles
A trial in Victoria could allow people without off-street parking to charge their electric cars.
- by Hannah Hammoud
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