9+ hour, 35+ min ago   (719+ words) Monday, September 14, 2026 The local Australian subsidiary of insurance giant Zurich Insurance announced on Monday that it would include Tesla’s self-driving technology as a rating factor in calculating premiums, a first for Australia’s insurance industry and only the second instance of…...

12+ hour, 10+ min ago   (294+ words) Monday, September 14, 2026 Tesla’s two-seater Robotaxi, the Cybercab, with no steering wheel or pedals, is about to make its first appearance in Australia after one was spotted – under cover – at the company’s Alexandria showroom in Sydney. Tesla first revealed the Cybercab…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (431+ words) Perth-based logistics giant Centurion is backing plans to build the first electric heavy freight charging network in Western Australia, which would comprise an initial three 12-bay charging networks between Perth and Bunbury to the south. The freight network is the…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (167+ words) Tuesday, September 8, 2026 A new 150-tonne battery electric water truck – one of the first big pieces of mining equipment leading the mining giant’s surge towards “real zero” emissions – has just left China and is en route to Western Australia and the…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (556+ words) Tuesday, September 8, 2026 A new analysis of European vehicle emissions data has revealed that carbon dioxide emissions from plug-in hybrid (PHEV) cars are six times higher, on average, than official tests suggest. The research group Transport & Environment (T&E) looked at emissions…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (403+ words) Thursday, September 3, 2026 An offshoot of Japanese industrial giant Mitsubishi has unveiled a new lineup of electrically powered transport refrigeration units developed specifically for electric trucks. Refrigeration units are not necessarily the sexiest of electrification news stories, but they are a…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (307+ words) Tuesday, September 1, 2026 The world’s first hybrid battery-powered self-unloading bulk carrier has begun operations in South Australia, transporting limestone from the Yorke Peninsula to Adelaide to help secure the supply of locally manufactured cement. The 125-metre MV Yampu, built by Canadian…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (277+ words) The two semi-trailer electric trucks have been customised specifically for LKAB, each boasting a payload capacity of just over 70 tonnes and a battery energy volume of 624 kilowatt-hours (kWh). It is not the first Scania electric truck LKAB has been using,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (511+ words) Australian petrol retailing and refining giant Ampol has doubled the number of EV chargers in its forecourts in the past year, and more than doubled its charging times, but it is still making a loss and doesn’t expect to break…...

3+ week, 10+ hour ago   (572+ words) Monday, August 24, 2026 American electric vehicle (EV) juggernaut Tesla is recalling several million vehicles in China under two separate recalls deemed necessary by the country’s market regulator. According to a filing with China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), Tesla will…...