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The Driven Podcast: Happy Days! Fonzarelli’s Michelle Nazzari

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Australia is not able to boast much about its take-up of electric vehicles, but it does have some innovative companies achieving significant break-throughs in the sector.

One of those is Redfern, Sydney-based Fonzarelli, a manufacturer of electric scooters (the name is based around the “Fonz” from Happy Days) that is now looking to upgrade to full electric motor bikes.

The company was founded and is run Michelle Nazzari, who took inspiration from her father’s work in making electric buses and decided to apply this to one of her passions, riding motorbikes.

You can listen to our previous The Driven podcasts here, or on your favourite podcast platform.

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Giles Parkinson is founder and editor-in-chief of Renew Economy, and founder and editor of its EV-focused sister site The Driven. He is the co-host of the weekly Energy Insiders Podcast. Giles has been a journalist for more than 40 years and is a former deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review. You can find him on LinkedIn and on Twitter.

Giles Parkinson

Giles Parkinson is founder and editor-in-chief of Renew Economy, and founder and editor of its EV-focused sister site The Driven. He is the co-host of the weekly Energy Insiders Podcast. Giles has been a journalist for more than 40 years and is a former deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review. You can find him on LinkedIn and on Twitter.

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