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Australia’s biggest car dealership says EV buyers are on one-way street: “We’re not seeing them coming back to ICE”

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By Giles Parkinson Verified
| TheDriven
The head of Australia’s largest car dealership group has dismissed fossil fuel and social media talking points about EV satisfaction, saying that once people shift to electric vehicles, they don’t come back to petrol or diesel cars. The observation was made by Keith Thornton, the CEO of Eagers Automotive, which says 25 per cent of its sales this last six months have been plug in electrics, and half of all sales if you include hybrids.
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“Paint the bloody things green”: Big battery developers are facing local push back – are they ready?

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By Giles Parkinson Verified
| RenewEconomy Verified
It is probably not surprising that big battery projects have become the new target of anti-renewable campaigners, given the fact that they are now clearly the most investible part of the green energy transition, and an essential component of the future grid.
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Gina Rinehart’s flagship mine supplying EVs is operating at an average 93 pct renewables so far this year

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By Giles Parkinson Verified
| RenewEconomy Verified
One of the world’s most significant rare earths mines, backed by Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, continues to defy its own expectations and is operating at an average share of 93 per cent renewables so far this year. The Mt Weld mine, owned by Lynas Rare Earths, in which Rinehart has a significant stake, expected to average around 70 per cent renewables after its new 65 megawatt hybrid power plant was commissioned by Zenith Energy late last year. But it has done way better than that.
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Sports writer on the now defunct Weekend News in Perth, Australia

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Independence.

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