Two stories of interest today:
EV sales in Australia have shot up to comprise more than 50% of the market. This, in a country (continent!) with real long drives between cities and where EV acceptance has lagged - until now. One reason for the change, perhaps: they allow Chinese EVs as imports.
## How Electric Cars Took Hold in AustraliaRising oil prices helped push E.V. sales ahead of gas cars for the first time, even in a country that loves long road trips.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/world/australia/electric-cars-iran-war-gas-australia.html
The second story: autonomous driving. Except this time it’s bulldozers at landfills. Caterpillar is going all out to covert so “drivers” can kick back in an easy chair far from the stink to do the job. Also on the agenda: heavy machines that work within a defined area such as rock quarries, mining operations, and the like:
The Next Frontier for Autonomous Vehicles Is Burying Your Garbage**Caterpillar’s newest landfill machinery doesn’t need a human in the operator’s cab