Giles Parkinson
Giles Parkinson covers electric vehicles as a technology, market and policy story, using his role as founder and editor of The Driven to track how car electrification reshapes transport and the wider energy system. He also leads sister titles on renewables and distributed energy, which keeps his EV reporting tied closely to the clean energy transition rather than isolated model news. His work sits at the point where vehicle choice, government policy and electricity infrastructure meet, and he treats electric cars as part of a broader shift in how energy is produced, moved and used.
Electric car tax and national EV schemes
Parkinson writes directly about the fiscal and regulatory settings that shape electric vehicle uptake, including coverage of a proposed $440 million electric car tax for one state and the prospect of a national scheme led by the prime minister. He approaches that kind of story as a policy and economic issue, explaining how funding mechanisms, levies and road-user charges affect the viability of EV adoption rather than treating taxation as a political skirmish alone.
He uses his long background in business journalism to map the implications of policy settings for consumers, transport networks and the energy sector, drawing on decades of experience as a business and deputy editor at a major financial daily. Across this strand of his work, the through-line is that EV policy is infrastructure policy: the point is to show how decisions in one state or at federal level flow through to market confidence, investment and technology roll-out.
EVs outsell petrol and diesel cars
At The Driven, Parkinson regularly highlights inflection points in EV adoption, including coverage of moments when electric vehicles outsell petrol and diesel cars in Australia.
These pieces focus on data and market structure, using sales milestones to illustrate how quickly buyer preferences and manufacturer line-ups are shifting. He connects those figures to broader themes such as model availability, charging access and policy support, treating sales charts as evidence of a transition rather than isolated statistics.
The tone is analytical rather than boosterish: he normalises EVs as mainstream products and quantifies how far the market has moved, which helps readers understand where electric vehicles now sit in the competitive landscape against combustion models.
The Driven Podcast: Kia, Tesla and new models
Parkinson extends his reporting into audio through The Driven Podcast, where he explores EV market dynamics and model strategy in conversation formats. Episodes on Kia taking on Chinese EV giants, the future of the new Model Y and playful pieces such as a car that “even beeped at me when I laughed” show him mixing product detail with broader questions about competition, pricing and user experience. He uses specific models and brands as entry points into larger themes like how established automakers respond to Chinese entrants, how Tesla’s product decisions affect its position, and how software and in-car interfaces change what it means to drive.
The podcast gives him room to test vehicles, talk through impressions and interrogate manufacturers’ claims, while still anchoring the discussion in the economics and policy context he covers in print.
Smart EV charging, V2G and conversions
Another clear strand of Parkinson’s work is the relationship between EVs and the grid, reflected in podcast and video coverage of smart charging, vehicle-to-grid technology and EV conversions. Episodes on “Where are we at with V2G?” and special segments with energy retailers on smart EV charging focus on how cars interact with tariffs, demand management and distributed energy resources. He treats EVs as flexible loads and potential storage, explaining how charging strategies, bi-directional hardware and retail offerings can support or strain the electricity system. Coverage of EV conversions and new models for 2025 extends that systems view into the aftermarket, looking at how existing vehicles can be electrified and how upcoming models will fit into charging and grid frameworks. Video pieces on going electric and managing hybrid hype reinforce that he is interested in the practical transition steps drivers take and how those choices align with policy signals and infrastructure.
Parkinson’s broader portfolio, including his leadership roles at Renew Economy and One Step Off The Grid, keeps his EV reporting grounded in renewables, storage and climate policy, and he is described as having led coverage of these topics over the last decade. He has worked as a journalist for more than 40 years and has held senior business-editing roles, which informs the way he writes about market structures, investment and risk across the EV and energy beats. Taken together, his work at The Driven is distinguished by a consistent emphasis on the intersection of electric vehicles, policy and the energy system, delivered through a mix of data-driven articles and conversational podcast and video formats.
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