Japan and China have massively different views on EVs. I think my money is now on Japan | Opinion
It’s not a question that gets raised a lot in high-school history classes, but perhaps it should, and it’s certainly
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Why the massive influx of Chinese EVs will end in tears | Opinion
I’ve been writing about cars and motoring for 25 years, and never known a time like it. New brands and
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Hating on Chinese EVs from MG, BYD, Leapmotor, Geely and Xpeng? You might be a car-racist | Opinion
Would you buy an electric vehicle from someone with a gun to your head? You’ll think I’m being overly dramatic,
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Electric ute shock! The BYD Shark 6 really is as good as everyone says – in fact, it’s better | Opinion
Being avowedly and even professionally cynical can be exhausting work, but it’s satisfying, too, because you’re so often proven to
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Don’t do it Jim! Stupid road user charge will be a disaster for the EV market in Australia | Opinion
All forms of Government operate with a combination of carrots and sticks (in President Trump’s case his approach is to
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Forget broken promises or a stale model lineup, Tesla’s biggest company-threatening risk is actually Elon Musk | Opinion
The problem with having a saint-like figure as the very public face of your company – a figure many argue
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Why the Renault 4 and 5 EVs are going to save the world, not Orange Donald or Annoying Elon | Opinion
It’s bold to suggest a duo of retro-styled small electric cars are going to save humanity. But that’s what the
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Stupidity reigns: 2025 Zeekr X has swallowed a cat, a horse and a bicycle | Opinion
Something very frightening is happening with new cars; they seem to have lost their little electronic minds, and the plot,
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Why a 12 year-old Holden Volt PHEV is the perfect first car. And it’s not because I’m still drunk | Opinion
With my head fuzzy from a pre-Christmas cocktail, a mate’s question about the old, over-priced and poor selling 2012-15 Holden
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Bruce Newton’s best electrified car of 2024: BYD Shark 6
I wrestled with this one for a while because the BYD Shark 6 was the vehicle that impressed me most
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