Electric Cars

Electric Vehicles

Ausgrid and start-up Jolt team up to turn streetside power boxes into EV chargers
Ausgrid reveals plan to turn streetside power kiosks into EV chargers, making electric vehicle charging more accessible in Sydney with start-up Jolt.
Bridie Schmidt

Oct 14, 2020

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Electric Cars

Battery Day webinar: The EV transition and Australia’s policy choices
Free webinar following Battery Day and Australia’s Technology Roadmap to look at policy opportunities for EVs for consumers, technology providers and authorities.
Bridie Schmidt

Sep 22, 2020

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Electric Cars

Audi, Mercedes and Polestar lead sales in world’s most successful EV market
Polestar 2 leaps into third place in Norway’s new car sales in first month of deliveries, just behind the Audi E-tron and the electric Mercedes.
Bridie Schmidt

Sep 14, 2020

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ACT Greens commit to $50 million electric vehicle plan, $10,000 grants
ACT Greens promise $50 million fund to give people and businesses $10,000 towards buying an electric car or motorbike.
Bridie Schmidt

Sep 7, 2020

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Electric Cars

AGL to shift entire 400 corporate car fleet to electric vehicles
AGL Energy to become first Australian company to sign up to EV100 initiative, committing to transition 400-strong vehicle fleet to electric vehicles.
Michael Mazengarb

Aug 26, 2020

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Electric Vehicles

“Why do you want to go electric?” Some Australian car dealers only want to sell ICE
A potential electric car buyer is first rebuffed, then talked down, by two separate dealerships, highlighting the need for more dealer support in selling electric vehicles.
Bridie Schmidt

Aug 22, 2020

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CleanTech Bites

Tesla worth double Toyota as investors look to massive EV battery play
Tesla stock goes through roof, now worth nearly twice that of Toyota, as analysts factor Tesla becoming major supplier of EV batteries.
Bridie Schmidt & Giles Parkinson

Aug 19, 2020

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Three unmodified Kona Electrics drive more than 1,000km on single charge
Over three days, three Kona Electric electric SUVs drove more than 1,000km without needing to recharge – more than double the WLTP driving range.
Bridie Schmidt

Aug 17, 2020

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Electric Cars

Australia missing out on smartest plug-in hybrid EVs due to poor vehicle standards
New crop of “smart” plug-in hybrid electric vehicles that automatically switch to ‘electric-only’ in certain geo-fenced areas in cities will not be available in Australia.
Bryce Gaton

Aug 14, 2020

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Electric Vehicles

EV and hybrid sales remain small but bright lights of slumping Australian car market
Electric and hybrid vehicle sales remain the only bright lights in slumping Australian auto industry, but remain a tiny part of the new car market.
Bridie Schmidt

Aug 6, 2020

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Electric Vehicles

Which electric car is the cheapest to run?
While many electric car owners couple their EV with a solar system, it’s important to know which is the cheapest to run on grid power.
Bridie Schmidt

Aug 5, 2020

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Storage

UK wants big batteries to store renewables – but there’s a much cheaper solution
While the UK government is right to want more energy storage to support the shift to renewables, a focus on building large, expensive batteries isn’t necessarily the answer.
The Conversation

Jul 28, 2020

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