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A Lexus EV charging. Source: Toyota The North Sydney-based lithium-boron producer Ioneer has signed an agreement with a joint venture between Toyota and Panasonic to provide lithium carbonate from its Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project in Nevada. Ioneer announced this ...

Mini research shows EV ownership not always matched by charging infrastructure

Source: Mini In a wide-ranging analysis of electric vehicle (EV) charging data from the United Kingdom, iconic British marque Mini has highlighted the increasing demand for both EVs and charge points across the UK. But the two don’t always ...

Tesla Model 3 owner takes trip from Gold Coat to the snow for under $20

Supplied A Tesla Model 3 owner has undertaken an annual winter pilgrimage to the snow, and says it cost him less than $20 to get there. At a time when standard unleaded fuel prices in NSW are now sitting ...

Dodge confirms iconic muscle cars to go electric, despite reported death threats

A all-electric Dodge is in the offing. Source: Stellantis Two of the most iconic muscle cars ever to hit the road will go electric, Dodge has confirmed. Both the Charger and the Challenger will undergo an electric transformation in ...

Used Tesla Model 3 listings and prices skyrocket as Model Y looms

Tesla cracking down on resellers Used Tesla Model 3 prices expected to fall White Tesla charging. Image: Riz Akhtar It’s been over seven weeks since the launch of the highly anticipated Tesla Model Y. Since then, listings of used ...

Testing of Rolls-Royce’s All-Electric Spectre Enters Second Phase on French Riviera

Rolls-Royce is continuing its 2.5 million km testing programme for first electric product, Spectre. The second phases, 625,000 km testing on the French Riviera region of southern France, is now underway. In September 2021, Rolls-Royce confirmed that it had commenced ...

NRMA says Australia must embrace EV transition, or become dumping ground

Source: NRMA The head of the NRMA Roland Lund says the nation’s motoring clubs want to embrace the electric vehicle transition, but says there is a lot of confusion among members about charging infrastructure, EV costs and supplies, and ...

The Driven Podcast: NRMA charges into the EV transition

Image: Bridie Schmidt NRMA CEO Rohan Lund on fast charger plans, the member shift to EVs, and his frustration at not being able to find an electric people mover. You can find previous episodes of The Driven here, or ...

Swedish Megacar Maker Koenigsegg Invests in Dutch Solar Car Developer Lightyear

Koenigsegg, a Swedish megacar manufacturer, and purveyor of cutting-edge mobility technology, has invested in Lightyear, the Netherlands-based company developing the world’s first solar vehicle. The investment is part of a more extensive technology-sharing partnership in which the two automakers will ...

GM hints at electric re-entry to Australia

All-electric Silverado ute. Source: Mary Barra/Twitter American auto giant General Motors (GM) has hinted it will re-enter the Australian market with a view to its all-electric future. Reports have emerged that GM’s head of strategic markets, alliances and distributors, ...

Mini unveils all-electric Aceman crossover concept

The all-electric Aceman. Source: Mini Mini, one of the world’s most iconic automotive brands, has unveiled an all-electric crossover concept model called the Aceman which the company says will shape the brand’s future models. Mini teased the unveiling of ...

Faraday Future Delays FF 91 Production

Faraday Future seems to be delaying customer deliveries of its first car, again. According to a recent regulatory filing, the company is pushing deliveries back to the third or fourth quarter of this year. The FF 91, which has ...

Mini Reveals All-Electric Aceman Crossover Concept

Mini has revealed the all-electric concept Aceman, giving us a glimpse into the future of the brand’s crossovers. The company says the Aceman is an “initial preview of its future model generation’s design” and shows off “design-based and technological innovations” ...

MG4 EV hatchback could be launched in Australia in early 2023

MG4 electric hatchback. Source: MG MG was the runner-up in new EV sales last year with Australia’s most affordable electric car, the MG ZS EV. Over the coming months, we will be seeing the local deliveries of the new ...

Onto Raises $60m Series C Funding to Bring EV Subscriptions to Europe

Electric car subscription service Onto has raised $60 million in Series C funding to accelerate its European expansion. The UK-based company, which has grown by more than 500% in the last year, plans to enter Germany early next year ...

Volkswagen Starts US Assembly of All-Electric ID.4 Flagship in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Volkswagen of America has marked the start of production of its all-electric ID.4 compact SUV in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the company’s first electric vehicle assembled in the US. VW aims to ramp up ID.4 assembly in the facility to 7,000 vehicles ...

Sono Motors Unveils New Design of Solar-Electric Passenger Car And Solar Bus Kit Details

Munich-based Sono Motors has revealed its solar electric vehicle (SEV), the Sion, in its production design, and has unveiled the ‘Solar Bus Kit’, a B2B retrofit solution that reduces fuel consumption and inner-city greenhouse gas emissions. The Sion’s revamped exterior ...

Australian winery readies to power cellar door with Nissan Leaf and V2H

Source: Ballycroft Vineyard and Cellars A Nissan Leaf will be the main source of energy for a vineyard in South Australia from next Wednesday, marking a major shift in the relationship between cars and buildings in Australia. Ballycroft Vineyard ...

Tesla ends lifetime standard connectivity subscription

Connectivity in the age of EVs is one of the most telling features of the future of transport. Tesla has been at the forefront of this but now has reduced lifetime standard connectivity to eight years. All Tesla EVs ...

Origin offers shared electric cars to apartments and office buildings

A Tesla electric car charging. Credit: Bridie Schmidt Residents at Melbourne’s first build-to-rent apartment building, Home Southbank, will be the first customers to have access to a shared electric car under a new program from Origin Energy. Origin’s new ...

Porshe Chief Exec to Replace Deiss as VW CEO

Porsche’s Chief Executive Oliver Blume will replace Herbert Diess as CEO of Volkswagen from 1 September. Following a supervisory board vote, Diess is set to step down as CEO of the German automating giant. Communications faux pas and serious ...

The Driven Podcast: Rebel with an electric cause

The Cupra Born. Source: Volkswagen We talk to Werner Tietz and Kai Vogler about the launch of the Cupra Born long range electric hatch in Australia. You can find previous episodes of The Driven here, or on your favourite ...

Maker of Iconic Electric MOKE Acquired by EV Technology Group

MOKE International, maker of the electric MOKE, has agreed to sell up to 100% of its shareholdings to EV Technology Group (EVTG), bolstering the marque as it prepares to expand as a fully electric global brand. The strategic move comes ...

EVs and Hybrids Account for More Than 40% of European Car Sales

In the second quarter of this year, battery electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids (PHEV), and traditional hybrids (HEV) accounted for 41.2% of all European car sales. Petrol cars, meanwhile, accounted for 38.5% and diesel cars for just 17.3%, according to ...

VW Names Scott Keogh as CEO of Newly Established US EV Company Scout

VW Group has announced the appointment of Scott Keogh, President and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, as President and CEO of Scout, an independent electric vehicle (EV) company that is being established in the US. As part of its ...

No new fossil taxis from 2030: ACT details rapid shift to EVs, phase-out of ICE cars

The ACT government has released some of the details behind its newly announced and nation-leading plans to phase out the sale of new fossil fuel powered light vehicles in the territory by 2035, including banning the onboarding of new ...

Chevrolet Unveils All-Electric 2024 Blazer EV; to Develop Police Pursuit Models

Chevrolet has revealed the all-electric 2024 Blazer EV, which drives the GM brand into the heart of the growing midsize electric crossover segment. The new model is based on GM’s Ultium Platform. Driving range options up to an available GM-estimated ...

Crash Testing Cars on Computers — Monolith AI founder and CEO Dr Richard Ahlfeld

Virtually Reality Simulating the Impossible Accelerating Change “When I founded Monolith, I was a Fellow for Machine Learning at Imperial College London, working, among other things, on the NASA Mars rocket,” says Dr Richard Ahlfeld, the company’s CEO. You ...

Viritech & Reaction Engines to Develop Powertrains for Hydrogen Fuel cell EVs

The UK’s Viritech has announced plans to team up Reaction Engines to support the development of more efficient powertrains for hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). Reaction Engines is a developer of thermal management technology. Its technology was originally developed ...

ACT flags 2035 ban of new ICE cars alongside ambitious new EV target

The ACT has declared its intention to become the first Australian state or territory to put a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel fuelled internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, flagging a cut-off date of 2035. ACT ...

Hyundai high-performance Ioniq 5 N set for 2023 local launch

An Ioniq 5 N would sport N specific detailing. Source: Hyundai Hyundai has confirmed a high-performance version of the Ioniq 5 will be launched in Australia in 2023 following a global debut. The Ioniq 5 N falls under the ...

VinFast Receives $1.2 Billion in Incentives for US Manufacturing Hub in North Carolina

VinFast has announced it has received a $1.2 billion incentive package from the State of North Carolina for its electric vehicle manufacturing project in the US. The largest economic incentive package in state history was signed by Governor Roy Cooper, making VinFast ...

Nyobolt Closes £50m Series B Funding to Bring Tungsten Batteries to Market

British fast-charging battery manufacturer Nyobolt has closed its Series B funding round, which will see £50 million pumped into the company. The round was led by H.C. Starck Tungsten Powders, a subsidiary of Masan High-Tech Materials, one of the ...

Luxury Charging for Luxury Cars − Mobility Moments with Andersen EV’s Rob Mouser

Can you explain the story behind Andersen? What does luxury charging look like compared to regular home charging? What are the main features of your A2 home charger and the Konnect+ app and what makes them stand apart from ...

Rimac Nevera Finally Enters Production

Rimac has finally begun production of its long-awaited Nevera electric hypercar, with deliveries to customers expected to commence imminently. While production of the initial units is underway, Rimac hopes that it will soon be able to ramp up manufacturing to ...

Hyundai Ioniq 5: Comparing the new Dynamiq RWD and Techniq AWD

Hyundai Ioniq 5 Dynamiq RWD Hyundai Ioniq 5 Techniq AWD Hyundai Ioniq 5 key specifications Ioniq 5. Source: Hyundai The new Hyundai Ioniq 5 range will hit the order books next Wednesday – although only 119 pre-configured units of ...

Hyundai reveals Ioniq 6 – young, hip, efficient and latest challenge to Model 3

Ioniq 6 power, torque and acceleration Ioniq 6 aimed at tech-savvy youngsters Ioniq 6 battery, motor, vehicle-to-load and charging Ioniq 6. Source: Hyundai Hyundai Motors has unveiled the Ioniq 6, which will go on sale in Korea and selected ...

Series Production of Battista, the World’s First Pure-Electric Hyper GT, Begins in Italy

The Battista, the world’s first pure-electric hyper GT, has entered series production in a dedicated space in the heart of Automobili Pininfarina’s design, engineering and development hub in Cambiano, Italy. The Battista is now being hand-crafted by a team of ...

Lordstown Motors Corp. Chooses Edward T. Hightower as new CEO

Lordstown Motors Corp., a US electric vehicle manufacturer focused on the commercial fleet market, has announced several key executive appointments designed to strengthen the company’s senior leadership team. Edward T. Hightower, the company’s President, has been elected to the additional ...

Redwood Materials to Recycle All VW, Audi Batteries in US

Redwood Materials has struck a deal with Volkswagen Group of America to recycle all end-of-life batteries from VW and Audi electric vehicles. Redwood will work directly with VW’s network of dealers in the US to recover, package, transport, and ...

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