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An e-bike caught fire on a Melbourne train in March.

Modified e-bikes to be banned from trains in Victoria from next weekend

The crackdown comes after a year of notable battery fires on several forms of transport in Victoria.

  • Alexander Darling

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British backpacker Alicia Kemp, left, has been jailed after crashing into Thanh Phan, right, while riding an e-scooter drunk through Perth’s CBD.

British backpacker jailed for killing beloved father in Perth e-scooter crash

Alicia Kemp was three times the legal blood alcohol limit when she crashed a hired e-scooter into father-of-two Thanh Phan in May, killing him.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
E-bike laws are set to be reformed after two primary school students were killed in separate accidents in different Australian states.

Woman dies days after Queensland e-scooter crash

The 33-year-old suffered life-threatening injuries in the crash and was taken to hospital, where she has since died.

  • Dominique Tassell
Dionne Gain

That $4000 e-bike for your teenager almost killed me (but worry most for your kid)

I suspect NSW’s big crackdown on e-bike speeds could be a mere precursor to draconian measures, including prohibition.

  • Malcolm Knox
Thanh Phan, 51, died after he was hit by a 24-year-old woman riding an e-scooter in the Perth CBD.

WA e-rideables inquiry urges major overhaul of laws after surge in deaths and injuries

WA’s first major inquiry interrogating e-scooter and e-bike rules has made a raft of recommendations in a bid to make the vehicles safer on our roads.

  • Carla Hildebrandt
A Tesla Model Y on Ann Street in the Brisbane CBD.

Brisbane electric car sales go backwards for first time

Every previous year over the past decade sales went up – often by enormous margins.

  • William Davis
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China is struggling to make the leap forward to solid state batteries and the next generation of advanced energy storage.

China’s electric car dominance is starting to falter

The West can still win the electric car war with China.

  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
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The end is where we start from.

Australia’s first power pole-mounted EV charger ln Merewether, NSW.

Victoria’s EV battle: Should non-drivers pay for roadside chargers?

The cost of charging an electric vehicle in Victoria could hinge on who owns and operates pole-mounted chargers across the state as a parliamentary inquiry considers how to pay for the network.

  • Kieran Rooney
Teenagers riding fat tyre e-bikes in Manly, Sydney.

‘Don’t go and buy that $3000 e-bike’: Parents warned after boys’ deaths

An inquiry into e-mobility safety is expected to report by March, and the government says it won’t rush into action before then.

  • Dominique Tassell

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