Electriv vehicle charging station.

Is this stopping you from buying an electric vehicle?

Australians aren’t buying enough electric vehicles – and there are a couple of reasons for that.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey

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The Cybertruck has become a symbol of hate.

How a stainless-steel monster became the world’s most hated car

Tesla’s Cybertruck has become a dividing line in an increasingly divided America.

  • James Titcomb
Musk at Trump’s inauguration celebration. He has denied that it was a Nazi salute.

Tesla to open new Brisbane showroom,but Musk has ensured I won’t be among its buyers

Driving a Tesla has become the automotive equivalent of wearing a bright-red MAGA hat – or a bright-red armband over a brown shirt.

  • Cameron Atfield
Property carrying the logo of Musk’s electric-car company has been targeted across the US and overseas.
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Tesla attacks are escalating

Property carrying the logo of Musk’s electric-car company has been targeted across the US and overseas.

Bullet holes,fires and Molotov cocktails:Elon Musk’s Tesla is under attack

In Trump’s first term,his properties in New York,Washington were targeted by protesters. In the early days of his second term,Tesla is filling that role.

  • Jonathan Cooper andGene Johnson
In the final quarter of 2023,BYD,the Shenzhen-based company backed by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway group,outsold Tesla for the first time.

China’s BYD cemented its lead on Elon Musk’s Tesla in five minutes

Musk’s politicking damages Tesla’s brand,but the underlying problem goes much deeper:It’s Tesla’s relatively old line-up of electric car models.

  • Liam Denning
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BYD will build more than 4000 charging stations designed to accommodate the new technology.

Chinese EV giant launches cars that can fully charge in 5 minutes

BYD says its latest range of electric vehicles can be charged almost as fast as it takes to refuel a regular car.

  • Danny Lee
Xpeng founder He Xiapeng.

Tesla killers:China is racing to unleash its super-smart cars

China’s electric vehicle makers are amping up the pressure on Elon Musk and Tesla.

Donald Trump said he would buy a Tesla in a show of support for “Elon’s baby”.

Elon Musk is not Tesla’s only problem

The billionaire’s closeness to Donald Trump and support for far-right causes have prompted a backlash,but Tesla’s sales are sinking for other reasons too.

  • The Economist
Tesla owner Josh Rowe.

Love your Tesla but can’t stand Musk? Sales data says you’re not alone

“When he stood up and made that ‘Sieg Heil’ salute,something just clicked,and I thought:‘I just cannot,cannot drive a Tesla’.”

  • Bianca Hall