Category: Australia

Electric Vehicle Rentals, Used Car Market Get Boost

On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today announced $4.76 million in funding from the Driving the Nation Program to Europcar Mobility Group for the ‘Electric Rental

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Car brands will fail to meet CO2 targets without production overhaul, market data reveals

Half of Australia’s major car brands will be non-compliant in the first year of the government’s planned vehicle emissions laws, private car market data has revealed. The federal government wants to introduce laws

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Electric car charging discounts halved for motoring club members

Members of some of Australia’s largest motoring clubs have had their electric vehicle (EV) charging discounts reduced. UPDATE, 7 March 2024: We have updated some factual errors made in this story. From March

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Car brands may follow Holden and exit Australia under new NVES rules, warns Tony Weber from Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries

The Australian government readout of the bilateral discussion on Tuesday made no mention of the matter, and the government insisted it was not raised either in that meeting or elsewhere at the summit.

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One key passenger car market in Australia is now almost totally electric

The uptake of electric vehicles in Australia reached new highs in February, with pure battery electric cars making up nearly 10% of the total monthly sales despite the ending of EV rebates in

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What happens to old electric car batteries? – Drive

12:0006 March 2024 View 3 images In 2023, Australia’s electric car uptake increased almost three times compared to 2022, meaning EVs now account for seven per cent of all new car sales. While the

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Hybrid tech could help petrol-powered Hyundai N cars live on – Drive

Hyundai could build a high-powered hybrid N performance car for markets slower to embrace electric vehicles, such as Australia. 08:4006 March 2024 View 5 images Hyundai’s N performance-car sub-brand has so far developed sporty

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BYD spearheads Chinese electric car push in Australia, a friendlier market

SYDNEY : BYD and other Chinese automakers are bringing new electric car models in droves to Australia, a market where they haven’t faced trade barriers and sales have surged due to EV subsidies

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Our US electric car road trip charging disaster and what it means for Australia

A little while ago we did a Melbourne to Sydney road trip in both a petrol vehicle and an electric vehicle (EV), and then later we drove from Sydney to Brisbane in EV.

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Cars sold in Australia in 2023 emitted as much CO2 as 156 coalmines, analysis shows | Automotive emissions

Cars sold in Australia by just five companies emitted as much carbon dioxide in 2023 as 156 standard coalmines, analysis shows, as advocates eager for the government’s proposed fuel efficiency standard warn of

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