Electric Vehicles

Energy Insiders Podcast: EV taxes, big batteries and green hydrogen

We talk to UQ’s V specialist Jake Whitehead about the impact of the proposed electric vehicle road tax, and look at the contest of ideas between NSW and Canberra, and more big battery and green hydrogen announcements.

And you can find previous editions of the Energy Insiders Podcast here, or on your favourite podcast platform.

You can find a transcript of this podcast here.

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Join Renew Economy founder and editor-in-chief Giles Parkinson and columnist and energy markets expert David Leitch as they discuss the week's main events - politics, solar and storage.

Energy Insiders Podcast

Join Renew Economy founder and editor-in-chief Giles Parkinson and columnist and energy markets expert David Leitch as they discuss the week's main events - politics, solar and storage.

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