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Miles apart: When Honda CEO Officer Toshihiro Mibe (right) was asked at a joint press conference with Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida (left) what was attractive about teaming up, he struggled to answer.

Scrapping $97b Honda deal would leave Nissan stranded

Like the driver who stubbornly insists they know where they’re going but ends up lost, pride may have caught up with Nissan when it shelved its tie-up with Honda.

  • Gearoid Reidy

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Tesla’s Model 3 is struggling in particular.

Is it the Musk effect? Tesla sales slump in Australia and Europe

The plunge in Tesla sales comes amid Musk’s increasing involvement in global politics and rising competition from China.

  • David Swan
Jane Barnes, at her cool, energy-efficient home.

How you could save $3000 in power bills by making simple changes

Millions of households are missing out on cheaper bills totalling more than $23 billion each year. A few “quick fixes” can unlock your share.

  • Bianca Hall
Trump’s antipathy towards EVs and the climate-related measures Biden introduced through the Inflation Reduction Act will, if he can implement it, be a major blow to the car industry’s ability to stay competitive.

Trump’s green attack threatens the future of the US car industry

Donald Trump’s plan to remove incentives for electric vehicles and their batteries’ production and sales could have severe ramifications.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Penny Nelson recently bought a Toyota Rav 4 hybrid vehicle.

They’re cleaner and greener, so why won’t the government give hybrids tax breaks?

Australians bought 172,696 traditional hybrids – which have a diesel or petrol engine as well as an electric motor – last year, up 76 per cent on 2023.

  • Mike Foley
A new ‘essentials’ range of the BYD Dolphin hatchback will retail for $29,990 plus on road costs.

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.

  • Mike Foley
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Electric vehicles, particularly from China, have flooded the market.

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.

  • Liam Denning
Electric vehicle sales have slowed.

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.

  • Mike Foley
Elon Musk: ""It would be awesome throw a pie in the face of all the naysayers on Wall Street who keep insisting that Tesla will always be a money-loser!"

Why is Tesla selling fewer cars?

Elon Musk may have had a great 2024, but his EV company has notched up an unwelcome milestone.

  • Liam Denning
Morgan Stanley says lithium has “likely found a near-term floor,” but further cuts are needed to bring the market back into balance.

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.

  • Simon Johanson and Nick Toscano

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