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A year ago, the world's largest lithium-ion battery began dispatching power to South Australia's grid. It has been a remarkable success but there are some concerns that have so far escaped scrutiny
Ontario Premier Doug Ford's Conservative govenment is showing interventionist tendencies that undermine its free-market claims.
Humans are poor at remaining vigilant over time. That's bad news for the safety of partially automated cars, which sometimes need the person behind the wheel to quickly take over control.
Our 'Tony Stark' image of tech moguls is obscuring the talent and toil of ordinary workers, and inflating the egos of the bosses.
The history of leveraged buyouts suggest Musk was smart to heed the advice of investors and nip his plan to take Tesla private in the bud.
Talk of Saudi Arabia helping Elon Musk take Tesla private is the latest example of a long line of sovereign wealth fund investments.
Going private would help Tesla reestablish its luxury status.
Shares in the wundercompany rocketed after the Q2 results. Why?
Chinese investment in the US has never been high, but the ongoing trade war could dampen it further, with significant long-term repercussions.
Elon Musk is an open admirer of the fictional Tony Stark, whose alter‑ego is none other than Iron Man. But Tesla’s recent financial results prove Musk to be more vulnerable than his hero…
Elon Musk 's Tesla has serious production problems.
The biggest ethical challenges for self-driving cars arise in mundane situations, not when crashes are unavoidable.
Elon Musk is a master of keeping investors believing in the dream of Tesla, but analysis of the company’s output and financials reveal a darker picture.
Uber, Tesla and Waymo (Google) are leapfrogging traditional car makers like Ford, VW and General Motors when it comes to self-driving cars.
Our energy system puts consumers more or less at the mercy of business and regulators. What if the future of energy meant putting the power back in the hands of households?
The launch of Elon Musk's Falcon Heavy rocket is undoubtedly a spectacular feat of engineering - but the release of a sports car into orbit also says something about our values as human beings.
After a month of operation, the Tesla battery at Hornsdale Power Reserve in SA is outperforming expectations - and the model is set to be emulated in Victoria
Scientist Nikola Tesla died 75 years ago, after a rags-to-riches to rags life. The eccentric inventor had an amazing intellect and set the stage for many modern technologies.
Despite the hype around electric vehicles, sales in most nations, including Canada, remain stagnant. Policy support in California and Norway have helped boost sales.
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Researcher at the Australian German Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne
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Professor of Management, University of New England
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Senior Lecturer and Co-Director, Electric Vehicle Centre of Excellence (EVCE), Cardiff University
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Lecturer, College of Business and Economics, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University
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Professeur associé d’analyse financière, d’audit et de risk management - Directrice de Programme pour le MSc in Fashion Design & Luxury Management, Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
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Senior Lecturer in Product Design, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of AI at UNSW, Research Group Leader, Data61
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
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Professor of Strategic Management, University of Toronto
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Professor of Resource Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior lecturer, Monash University
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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