Electric cars
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Emissions
Revealed: Car industry’s secret emissions plan would slow electric vehicle uptake
The car industry has launched a wide-ranging private campaign that would delay Australia’s transition to electric vehicles, confidential documents show.
- by Ben Cubby
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Opinion
Electric vehicle driver deflated for want of a spare
There is no room for a spare in EVs because the battery takes up all the space.
- by Anne Ring
Lynas launches $500m WA mine expansion as clean energy demand drives growth
Lynas says a rapidly increasing shift to electric vehicles and wind energy has prompted it to expand its Western Australian mine.
- by Lachlan Abbott
All charged up: Councils push for kerbside car charging
Electric vehicle charging cables and plugs could be embedded in nature strips and footpaths in Melbourne’s inner north and west if two councils agree to start trialling them.
- by Rachael Dexter
‘A paradigm shift’: Australian miners prosper as Ford inks agreements to power EV transition
Australian miners, including BHP and Rio Tinto, have benefited from the US car company securing enough critical battery minerals to produce 600,000 electric vehicles a year by 2023.
- by Lachlan Abbott
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Tesla
Elon Musk adds $25b to his fortune in one day as Tesla surges
Tesla was hit by supply chain issues and pandemic lockdowns in China but Wall Street cheered its profit result.
- by Tom Krisher
ACT to use rego fees to reward EV drivers and replace lost revenue
The nation’s smallest jurisdiction is looking to make big changes to the way EVs are taxed and road user fees are charged.
- by Shane Wright
Queensland cracks automotive milestone – 10,000 electric vehicles
The milestone was reached just weeks after a $3000 rebate scheme opened, and it followed a doubling of registered electric vehicles in just one year.
- by Matt Dennien
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Roads
Albanese government seeks to pull plug on Victoria’s electric vehicle tax
Federal Labor has joined a legal bid to strike down Victoria’s controversial electric vehicle tax, opening up a fight with several states over who should control billions of dollars of road user revenue.
- by Patrick Hatch
Boosting copper output ‘the biggest contribution Australia could make’ to hitting net zero
Energy experts have called on Australia, which has the world’s sixth largest reserves of copper, to boost output to help the global economy electrify.
- by Lachlan Abbott
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Lithium
Livista Energy eyes Australian lithium producers to secure Europe’s EV battery supplies
Livista Energy, which has secured financial backing from the British government, is seeking expand Europe and UK’s lithium refining capacity to ensure supply to EV makers and battery cell producers.
- by Rob Harris