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Electric Vehicles

How to ensure self-driving vehicles don’t ruin everything
Seven principles that will help maximise the benefits of self-driving vehicles, and minimise potential negative consequences.
Josh Goldman

Feb 15, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

No, cutting your car’s carbon emissions won’t cost you more
Research shows that the introduction of emission standards for light vehicles has considerable benefits for motorists and Australia more broadly.
Scott Ferraro

Sep 22, 2016

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Will Norway ban petrol and diesel cars by 2025?
German bloggers report that the Norwegians are looking into adopting a National Transport Plan with 100 percent electric cars, buses, and small trucks by 2025.
Craig Morris

Mar 22, 2016

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Ford steps up its game on smart mobility and electric vehicles
Ford may not be the first automaker that comes to mind when thinking about cutting-edge transportation technology. But now that’s starting to change.
Julia Pyper

Jan 12, 2016

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Driverless cars could be reality in Australia within a decade
Some time in the not-too distant future it may be illegal for humans to drive cars themselves in most on-road situations.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 2, 2015

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Major car makers go electric in wake of Volkswagen scandal
Car manufacturers are considering the effects of the VW scandal for each of them. Volvo and Aston Martin go electric.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance

Oct 21, 2015

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Australia’s weaker emissions standards allow car makers to ‘dump’ polluting cars
Australia’s lower standards for car exhaust mean overseas car-makers can sell more-polluting cars.
Anna Mortimore

Oct 1, 2015

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Australia’s transport is falling behind on energy efficiency
Australians are using more energy to travel each kilometre than people in developed nations such as the US, and emerging economies such as China and India.
Philip Laird

Aug 28, 2014

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The 5 key elements of sustainable transport
A great graph on the carbon intensity of travel – from flights to bicycles. And 5 tips on making transport more sustainable.
Lindsay Wilson

Apr 11, 2014

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Costly, toxic and slow to charge? Busting electric car myths
Electric cars will change the way we travel, yet they seem to polarise: people either love them or hate them. Why is this?
Thomas Braunl

Feb 21, 2014

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Will electricity save the car?
Cars undeniably played an important role in shaping life in the last century but will cars, even electric ones, survive the 21st century?
Peter Pudney

Nov 26, 2013

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