Posts tagged "Electric vehicles Australia"

Thanks to recent advancements in wireless power transfer research, it has become feasible to charge EVs without the need for a cable, just like the wireless chargers already in use for smartphones. This is the future of EVs. And it's not far away.

Electric utes are perfectly suited to driving in regional Australia but the country needs policy changes and more public chargers to encourage the transport trend.

More electric vehicles (EVs) in the Splend fleet will enable the company to enter into more short- or long-term hire agreements.

New Zealand startup Evnex revealed plans to launch its latest smart charger in Australia, promising it could provide users with data on when electricity in the national grid is both greenest and cheapest.

A startup founded by two former Atlassian senior executives that converts petrol-powered utes into electric ones has announced it'll begin electrifying fleets of Toyota Hilux and Ford Rangers, with prices starting at $48,000 per vehicle.

Australia’s top economists overwhelmingly back government measures to speed the transition to electric cars in order to meet emission reduction targets.

The Morrison government's freshly minted carbon-emissions-reduction plan is without incentives to encourage the uptake of electric vehicles.

From a longer-term transport policy perspective, a distance-based road-user charge on electric vehicles is an important step forward.

A total of 6,718 electric vehicles were sold in Australia in 2019. That’s three times as many as in 2018, but it’s still small beer.

Aussie startup Evie is partnering with a US tech provider to build an network of super-fast EV charging stations connecting major Australian cities.