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Ford recently blamed “currency exchange” for the bulk of its 2 per cent drop in quarterly revenue.

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

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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
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
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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
Electric vehicle at Brisbane Airport, which has achieved net-zero for its ground operations.

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.

  • 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.

  • Mike Foley
Joby Aviation’s pre-production prototype aircraft.

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.

  • Lori Aratani

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