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TheDriven.io stands out as Australia’s top source for news, insights, and updates on electric vehicles and the shift towards zero-emissions transportation. This website is your go-to for the latest information on electric cars you might consider purchasing, as well as industry developments. It attracts a wide audience, including both industry professionals and everyday readers. In the fiscal year 21/22, the site welcomed over 750,000 unique visitors each month, and in 2021 alone, it recorded more than 16 million page views.

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Five key graphs that show the state of the EV market in Australia

3 weeks ago | thedriven.io | Giles Parkinson

The Australian electric vehicle market has rebounded from its lows of the past few months, topping the 10,000 aggregate sales in a single month in May for the first time in nearly a year, and lifting its market share to 9.5 per cent – still short of the record. Here are a few graphs that highlight some key parts of the market. The first graph from Tim Eden shows the aggregate sales of Tesla and non-Tesla EVs in the Australia market.
German car giants push new government to lift ban on combustion engine cars

3 weeks ago | thedriven.io | Sören Amelang

In the draft of an unpublished 10 point plan for climate-neutral mobility, which has been seen by Table Media and Politico, Germany’s car industry has demanded that emissions from new cars should not have to fall to zero by 2035, but instead only be reduced by 90 percent. The changes would mean that “a limited number of new combustion engines can still be registered after 2035,” said the head of the VDA lobby group, Hildegard Müller, to Politico.
How to accelerate the uptake of EVs, and make it socially fair

3 weeks ago | thedriven.io | Sören Amelang

The new German government could implement its planned support for electric car purchases in a socially fair manner without an additional burden on public coffers, argues a report commissioned by a group of climate and social welfare NGOs.“Socially just and climate-friendly electric mobility is feasible. Politicians must finally help to make small, climate-friendly cars in particular more affordable,” the NGOs said.
Tesla rebounds in May as Model Y records best month of sales in more than a year

3 weeks ago | thedriven.io | Giles Parkinson

Tesla electric vehicle sales rebounded strongly in the month of May, led by the refreshed Model Y which helped boost the electric SUV’s sales to its highest level since March, 2024. New data released by the Electric Vehicle Council on Tuesday shows that Tesla recorded 3,897 sales in May, nearly eight times the 500 recorded in April, a lull the company blamed on delays on the arrival of ships carryings its EVs from China.
Musk says he will stay at Tesla, wonders why EV customers would care about his politics

1 month ago | thedriven.io | Giles Parkinson

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he is not planning to go anywhere – apart from maybe Mars – at least in the short term, and declared that he will continue to be the boss at the EV and battery storage company for at least another five years. In two different interviews with Bloomberg and CNBC at an event in Qatar, Musk also declared that the future growth in Tesla lay in autonomy – both for the company’s EVs and the Optimus humanoid robot the company is developing.
"We were surprised:" Electric trucks ready to overtake diesel on lifetime cost

1 month ago | thedriven.io | Amalyah Hart

New research from the University of Exeter, UK, has found that electric trucks are on course to overtake diesel equivalents on lifetime cost, much sooner than expected. The study also found that coordination between governments on policies such as zero-emissions vehicle mandates could bring the cost parity tipping point forward by up to two and a half years.
The Driven Podcast: Will the new Model Y save Tesla?

1 month ago | thedriven.io | Giles Parkinson

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Global EV sales to hit 20 million in 2025, as prices hit parity in key markets

1 month ago | thedriven.io | Amalyah Hart

Nearly one in four cars sold this year globally will be electric, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest Global EV Outlook, with the EV market expected to take a 40 per cent share by 2030. The latest annual report, released on Wednesday, forecasts that worldwide sales will surpass 20 million this year, helped along by price parity between EVs and petrol and diesel versions in many key markets, particularly in China and Asia.
How Tesla surrendered its dominance of Australia's EV market

1 month ago | thedriven.io | Giles Parkinson

It wasn’t that long ago that Tesla was – without a shadow of a doubt – the dominant force in Australia’s nascent electric vehicle market. In fact, some would argue that it was, for all intents and purposes, the Australian EV market. In early 2023 Tesla still dominated with more than 68 per cent of new electric car sales in Australia, and it retained more than a 50 per cent EV market share until September that year, and again as recently as March, 2024, when it had 57 per cent.
World's best selling EV is now even better, and it costs less

1 month ago | thedriven.io | Giles Parkinson

“We don’t talk politics, we just talk product.” The Tesla marketing people are making very clear what the rules are as they host another group of journalists for the official Australian launch of the new Model Y electric SUV. Just as well, then, that they have a product that is well worth talking about. Tesla has changed what the world thinks about electric vehicles, and also what it thinks about the transition to renewables.