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Fast charging network provider Evie Networks has announced a co-branding and member benefits partnership with automobile driver services company the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland (RACQ).

Japanese carmaker Honda plans to strengthen its electric vehicle supply system and capability, with an eye to a future increase in North American EV demand, the company says.

The take-up of electric vehicles in Australia is proceeding apace, with hybrids gaining the edge as the market share of vehicles running internal combustion engines continues to fall, the Australian Automobile Association says.

Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD Automotive has made available a second model for sale in Australia, with the BYD Atto 3 coming in two models based on the range.

Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies has increased its revenue by more than 3% in the first half of 2023, following an 0.8% rise in the first three months, the company says.

Australian waste management contractor JJ's Waste and Recycling is testing out a Volvo FE Electric truck for waste collection.

More electric cars have been sold in Australia during the first six months of 2023 than during the whole of the previous year, the Electric Vehicle Council, a lobby group, says.

Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD Automotive has launched what it claims is Australia's cheapest EV, with the Dolphin Dynamic being announced in Brisbane on Thursday at a price of $38,890 plus on-road costs.

Global sales of electric vehicles in 2022 crossed 10.2 million, a rise of 65% year-on-year, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says, adding that this figure would have crossed 11 million were it not for the resurgence of COVID-19 in China.

The share of new electric vehicles sold in Australia increased to 3.39% in September compared to 2.05% the previous year, a report from the Electric Vehicle Council says.

Global sales of electric vehicles totalled 4.2 million in the first half of 2022, a 63% increase year-on-year, the technology analyst firm Canalys says, adding that this included battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

Ford Australia will introduce the E-Transit Custom, its third electric vehicle, in the first half of 2024, the company says, adding that there would be a total of at least five models in service by the end of 2024.

Honda Motor Company plans to launch 30 electric vehicle models by 2030, with more than two million units being produced monthly, the company has announced.

Origin Energy says it will be making the switch to electric vehicles easier for local businesses with a new collaboration with the NSW Government that will see Origin 360 EV host nine free Drive Day events in Sydney. 

Western Australia will test out two units of a bus built with the Volvo BZL electric chassis, along with two others that will be supplied to the state's public transport authority.

Car subscription service Carbar has earned a $50 million class A investment from Sydney-based credit investor Global Credit Investments (GCI). The funding will be used to grow the business and will allow Carbar to gain new car subscriptions.

The federal Labor Party has offered subsidies on electric vehicles, cutting import taxes and fringe-benefit taxes on all non-luxury vehicles that cost below $77,500. The Victorian Labor Party, meanwhile, has announced an annual tax of about $300 on EVs.

Federal Labor leader Anthony Albanese is set to announce that the party will put in place some modest incentives that would help to push the take-up of electric vehicles in Australia, in the event that it wins the next election.

As the rest of the developed world looks to electric vehicles to help cut their output of greenhouse gases, Australia is firmly in the backseat, looking to the past and attempting to strangle a nascent industry.

China will sell 1.9 million electric vehicles this year, the technology analyst firm Canalys says, adding that this would represent growth of 51% year-on-year and a 9% share of all cars sold in the country.