Bridie Schmidt, Author at RenewEconomy

Bridie Schmidt

Bridie Schmidt is lead reporter for The Driven, sister site of Renew Economy. She specialises in writing about new technology, and has a keen interest in the role that zero emissions transport has to play in sustainability.

Electric Vehicles

Tesla drops price of Model 3 by up to $4,000 in Australia
Tesla drops price of all variants of Model 3 by up to 6% in Australia.
Bridie Schmidt

Apr 17, 2021

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Electric Vehicles

Australia’s first mass-made electric trucks go into production
SEA Electric announces launch of first locally-assembled volume-produced electric trucks, the SEA 300 and SEA 500.
Bridie Schmidt

Mar 25, 2021

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Electric Vehicles

“No future” for ICE: Volvo will sell only pure electric cars by 2030
Swedish-Chinese carmaker Volvo joins growing number of carmakers to embrace all-electric transition, announcing that it will sell only fully-electric cars by 2030.
Bridie Schmidt

Mar 3, 2021

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Electric Vehicles

Six-minute EV battery one step closer as Magnis reports successful test results
Magnis reports promising results indicating major step towards goal for “extra-fast charging” electric vehicle battery that can charge in just six minutes.
Bridie Schmidt

Mar 2, 2021

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Other Good Stuff

Federal MPs to ride in Tesla Model 3 and Hyundai electric cars in Comcar trial
The Comcar fleet has chosen a Tesla Model 3 and a Hyundai Ioniq in a two-year trial to “assess viability”.
Bridie Schmidt

Feb 18, 2021

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Tesla to sell Model 2 to global market, could be ready this year
Tesla may sell an electric “Model 2” hatchback on the global market this year, but first must face regulatory battles in China.
Bridie Schmidt

Feb 11, 2021

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Tesla buys $A2bn bitcoin, and may accept it as payment for EVs
Electric carmaker Tesla invests 8% equivalent of its cash holdings in bitcoin, and said it may accept bitcoin from customers in the future.
Bridie Schmidt

Feb 10, 2021

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla sold quarter of all global electric vehicle market in 2020
Tesla sold a quarter of all EVs worldwide in 2020, and will likely hold the upper hand for 2021.
Bridie Schmidt

Feb 9, 2021

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Electric Vehicles

MG leads growth in electric SUV sales, but Australia still lags world EV push
The new MG has helped lift electric SUV sales in Australia off a tiny base, but the growth is swamped by consumer demand for fossil fuel cars as Australia falls further behind rest of world.
Bridie Schmidt

Feb 4, 2021

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$Electrifying federal government fleet could be done at fraction of new cost estimates$

Other Good Stuff

Electrifying federal government fleet could be done at fraction of new cost estimates
It could cost a fraction of projected $200 million to transition federal government fleet, electric vehicle and energy consultancy firm Evenergi says.
Bridie Schmidt

Feb 3, 2021

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