Electric vehicles
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- Federal budget
EV tax break in firing line as Labor eyes savings from budget
The cost to the budget of a tax break for the purchase of EVs has blown out by billions due to high demand – mostly from high-income earners.
- Shane Wright and Paul Sakkal
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- Opinion
- Climate change
A bush camping holiday with a runabout city EV? It can be done
Eight nights’ remote bush camping with two kids, towing a fully loaded trailer – in an EV. Yes, it can be done. But there are a few things to keep in mind.
- Bianca Hall
How to get mass adoption of EVs in city areas? It’s not just about public chargers
As inner-city residents in Sydney and Melbourne turn to DIY options to charge electric vehicles on the street, more councils are offering formal trials to suspend cables in the air or lay them safely across the street.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
The controversial tax break driving down carbon emissions for the first time since COVID
The rising popularity of EVs has reversed a stubborn trend in the nation’s pollution.
- Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
- Exclusive
- Tesla
Queensland Tesla registrations in free-fall, as Musk embraces far-right
New data has revealed a sharp reversal in Tesla’s fortunes in Queensland, with the slump attributed to a combination of market saturation and political fallout.
- Cameron Atfield
Teens charged after video showed mass Brisbane tunnel e-bike hooning
The group of about 20 allegedly weaved through traffic, narrowly dodged pedestrians, rode on the wrong side of the road and performed burnouts and dangerous stunts.
- Dominique Tassell
Is your car spying on you? The privacy commissioner wants to know
Internet-connected vehicles are a security risks and the privacy commissioner is investigating foreign companies potential illegal use personal information.
- Mike Foley
‘It’s on fire’: Tesla sued over trapped driver as safety concerns grow
Days after China banned electric car doors, a US lawsuit alleged a 20-year-old Tesla driver pleaded for help to escape moments before he died.
- Elias Visontay, Dana Hull and Madlin Mekelburg
Chinese ban on Tesla-style door handles likely to flow through to Australia
Chinese authorities have announced a ban on new vehicles being sold with hidden, electronically reliant door handles, amid concerns that they trap occupants.
- Elias Visontay
