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June 2025


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Zero EV charging hope and less tourist traps await.

Here’s our pick of the best Australian road trips. The criteria are simple and selfish: at least 1000km, zero EV charging hope, no tourist traps, using an ordinary car, particularly suitable for non-nomads and driven by the Sultan and me. More road trips next week.


Damson Idris and Brad Pitt in a scene from F1: The Movie. Picture: AP

Electric car charging station - iStock image - for Herald Sun real estate

It’s the impossible dream: Melbourne to Sydney in an EV on one charge. But now it’s as real as an AUKUS sub in the backyard. Yes, your good friends at Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd (“rooted in Chinese civilisation”) are promising that if you install one of their Shenxin...


The Ford Ranger is the best drive for a dual cab on the market.

Now that Jim Chalmers has put lipstick on an economic pig (thanks economist Leith van Onselen) and King Albo is looking to subsidise bread and water for the masses, it’s the right time to look at buying a used rather than new car. Used car sales are going down like the Chinese E...