AEMO presses the off button for rooftop solar; and can EVs really provide battery storage on wheels for the grid? Laura Jones from ANU’s School of Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering, gives an update.
Electric Vehicles
“Tax on clean air:” Victoria wants EV road tax in place by July
Victoria to introduce EV road tax legislation on Wednesday, but the bill is likely to face opposition in the upper house.
Why petrol and diesel cars may soon be too costly to buy and maintain
Leading analyst says the price of electric vehicles will fall to around $5,000 or below, in the not too distant future, making petrol and diesel cars too costly to buy and maintain.
Chart of the day: Plummeting battery costs defy expectations
Like wind and solar, the costs of battery storage are plummeting far faster than anyone expected.
The Driven Podcast: Why Australia’s big utilities are plugging into EVs
We talk to Origin Energy’s head of mobility, and head of strategy, Chau Le, about the utility’s new push into electric vehicles.
ACT flooded by proposals as suppliers jostle for role in electric bus fleet
ACT receives more than 100 expressions of interests from a range of suppliers to help deliver its 90 electric buses.
“No future” for ICE: Volvo will sell only pure electric cars by 2030
Swedish-Chinese carmaker Volvo joins growing number of carmakers to embrace all-electric transition, announcing that it will sell only fully-electric cars by 2030.
Origin to offer electric car fleets to business as it seeks a ride on energy transition
Origin will start offering business customers a fully-electric vehicle fleet service complete with charging infrastructure and carbon offsets.
Six-minute EV battery one step closer as Magnis reports successful test results
Magnis reports promising results indicating major step towards goal for “extra-fast charging” electric vehicle battery that can charge in just six minutes.
Hyundai Australia to recall Kona and Ioniq electric cars and replace batteries
Hyundai Australia confirms it will recall electric Kona and Ioniq cars sold in Australia and replace their battery packs due to potential fire risk.
