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Peter Dutton spruiking his fuel excise policy on Thursday.

‘Copied from America’: Dutton launches election fight over EVs

The opposition leader has been accused of copying Donald Trump’s policies as the government responds to his pledge to scrap fuel-efficiency fines.

  • Mike Foley

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Elon Musk and Donald Trump were the target of much of Cory Booker’s speech.

‘Disaster on every metric’: Tesla sales tumble amid Elon Musk backlash

Tesla shares tumbled before turning positive on a report that Musk is eyeing an exit from the White House.

  • Bernard Condon
Destroyed Teslas after a fire at a company’s dealership in Rome, Italy, on Monday.

Teslas burn in Rome, Stockholm as protests escalate

The cars have become targets for vandalism across several countries in response to Elon Musk’s right-wing activism and his influence on Donald Trump.

  • Paolo Chiriatti and Philippe Leroy Beaulieu
Electriv vehicle charging station.

Is this stopping you from buying an electric vehicle?

Australians aren’t buying enough electric vehicles – and there are a couple of reasons for that.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
The Cybertruck has become a symbol of hate.

How a stainless-steel monster became the world’s most hated car

Tesla’s Cybertruck has become a dividing line in an increasingly divided America.

  • James Titcomb
Musk at Trump’s inauguration celebration. He has denied that it was a Nazi salute.

Tesla to open new Brisbane showroom, but Musk has ensured I won’t be among its buyers

Driving a Tesla has become the automotive equivalent of wearing a bright-red MAGA hat – or a bright-red armband over a brown shirt.

  • Cameron Atfield
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Property carrying the logo of Musk’s electric-car company has been targeted across the US and overseas.
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Tesla attacks are escalating

Property carrying the logo of Musk’s electric-car company has been targeted across the US and overseas.

Bullet holes, fires and Molotov cocktails: Elon Musk’s Tesla is under attack

In Trump’s first term, his properties in New York, Washington were targeted by protesters. In the early days of his second term, Tesla is filling that role.

  • Jonathan Cooper and Gene Johnson
In the final quarter of 2023, BYD, the Shenzhen-based company backed by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway group, outsold Tesla for the first time.

China’s BYD cemented its lead on Elon Musk’s Tesla in five minutes

Musk’s politicking damages Tesla’s brand, but the underlying problem goes much deeper: It’s Tesla’s relatively old line-up of electric car models.

  • Liam Denning
BYD will build more than 4000 charging stations designed to accommodate the new technology.

Chinese EV giant launches cars that can fully charge in 5 minutes

BYD says its latest range of electric vehicles can be charged almost as fast as it takes to refuel a regular car.

  • Danny Lee

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