#theguardian.com. × #Feb.25.2026 Three-quarters of Australia’s new cars use more fuel than advertised lab rating, testing shows. Cars with higher real-world consumption may add to Australia’s difficulties in reducing transport emissions
#Automotive × #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.25.2025 Coalition’s potential rethink on EV rules could make fuel-guzzling utes and SUVs an election issue. Opposition says Labor’s national vehicle emission standard is ‘poorly designed’, despite data showing uptick in green vehicle sales
#Automotive × #Politics #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.16.2025 The cars eating Australia: should we be trying to reverse our attraction to SUVs and utes?. Australians are hooked on tax perks while road fatalities and emissions are surging and spending on petrol and insurance increasing
#Automotive × #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.13.2025 Australians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier. About 60% of the 1.2m cars that drove out of the showroom last year were SUVs, but road fatalities reached a 12-year high too
#Automotive × #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.06.2025 Australian Tesla sales plummet as owners rush to distance themselves from Elon Musk. Frustrated Tesla drivers are selling cars or displaying anti-Musk bumper stickers as sales of the EV car brand slumped 72% in February compared with last year
#Automotive × #Tech #cls__sex_gdb_Male #Elon Musk #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.24.2025 Bruce Lehrmann faces Hobart court accused of stealing Toyota 4WD. Former Liberal staffer appeared in Hobart magistrates court by phone and did not enter a plea
#Automotive × #Politics #Australian continent × #Australia #Toyota #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.06.2025 Fuel-hungry utes and SUVs dominate Australian sales, with Corolla the only small car on top 10 list. Ford’s Ranger ute was again Australia’s most popular vehicle and majority of new vehicles sold in 2024 – about 57% – were SUVs
#Automotive × #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
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