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The road ahead needs electricity.
Supplies of batteries and semi-conductors can put the brakes on ambitious developments.
Ford’s electric F-150 pickup won’t roll off assembly lines until early 2022, but the company has received thousands of preorders already for a vehicle aimed at the mass market, not eco-buyers.
The Morrison government could have backed Australia’s clean energy sector to create jobs and stimulate the post-pandemic economy. Instead, it’s sending the nation on a fool’s errand.
Indonesia’s car sales tax cut could damage the environment as more cars on the streets will increase carbon emissions.
Coronavirus has changed the way we travel.
E-scooters and e-bikes are coming to Britain’s streets, but it may be a bumpy ride.
Volkswagen’s new integration of online and offline sales offers insight into the future of the showroom experience.
If the UK government is serious about facilitating a technology shift, it must provide serious long-term policies to improve cost and range.
Car makers need access to the latest telecoms technology, but Nokia refuses to grant licenses because manufacturers won’t pay up. So the disputes begin…
One of the questions I’m asked most frequently is: how can you make sense of Tesla’s wild strategies?
Planes, trains and automobiles produced a step-change in the speed of travel – driverless and electric cars simply cannot deliver such radical improvements.
Those money-saving black boxes reveal a lot about the rules that govern our lives.
Globally, the car industry is struggling. But Brexit is pushing manufacturers out of the UK.
What Brexit means for future UK-Japan business.
For 30 years, it’s been the best-selling vehicle in the US.
Uber, Tesla and Waymo (Google) are leapfrogging traditional car makers like Ford, VW and General Motors when it comes to self-driving cars.
Nissan might have promised post-Brexit investment, but leaving the single market and customs union could change everything for the UK.
Bill Shorten is promising that a Labor government would set up a A$1 billion fund to assist ‘advanced manufacturing’.
Top contributors
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Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney
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Incoming Director of the Australian Institute of Business and Economics at UQ, and Professor of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, Macquarie University
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Professor of Institutional Economics, RMIT University
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School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Professor of Business Economics, University of Birmingham
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Director, Australian Industrial Transformation Institute, Flinders University
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Professor of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Management (Operations Management), The University of Melbourne
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UTS Distinguished Professor of Accounting, University of Technology Sydney
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Executive Director of Postgraduate Programmes, Surrey Business School, Royal Holloway University of London
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Executive Dean, UniSA Business, University of South Australia
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Professor of Robotics; Director, WA Electric Vehicle Trial, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
