The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced the milestone of 100 community batteries being installed. It has also delivered funding for home conversion from gas to electric. The Cheaper Home Battery scheme has been extended to 100 kWh installations. Here’s our spring update. As Australia moves rapidly from spring … [continued]
Sick of the cartoons and comments insisting that all electric cars are powered by electricity generated by fossil fuels, Andrew Mangano set out to show it is possible to travel around Australia using mainly solar energy. You probably know the cartoons I am referring to — showing an EV linked … [continued]
At its launch into the Australian market eight months ago, the Mazda 6e received 2,000 pre-orders. It has delivered 693 of those cars in the last four months. I have long been an admirer of Mazda’s design, so we went to the local dealership to check it out. We were … [continued]
Tourist regions need high speed charging to drive local economies. Although there is plenty of access to high-speed charging on the coastal highways and cities of Australia, there is still a need for more charging for tourists once you head inland. This was highlighted by a recent event in Kingaroy, … [continued]
JET charge is facilitating heavy vehicle fleet transition in Australia. “At current diesel prices, the fuel cost savings of switching a commercial fleet to electric are not marginal. They are transformational,” said Tim Washington, Co-Founder and CEO of JET Charge, in a recent press release. “The question for Australian fleet … [continued]
President Donald J. Trump welcomes Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, to the Oval Office of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Joiyce N. Boghosian)
Things are different in Australia. Being south of the equator, people there walk on the ceiling and drive their cars upside down. But instead of relying on courts and litigation to establish social norms, the country prefers active governance to protect its citizens from harm. In the latest example, the … [continued]
In a recent post on X, Elon Musk lauded Tesla Australia in reaction to this post from Tesla Australia and New Zealand: “For the first time ever, EVs outsold ICE vehicles in Australia 🇦🇺 Model Y was the #1 vehicle & Tesla the #3 best-selling brand overall for the month … [continued]
Our Tesla Model 3 is now seven years old and we are about to trade the car in for a Tesla Model Y. The reason? Is it because we have done over 180,000 km (about 112,000 miles) and will be likely to require expensive maintenance? Is battery degradation a problem? … [continued]
By Ed Darmanin as told to David Waterworth for CleanTechnica Here we go, in Ed’s words with comments from me in square brackets. When I rode out of Sydney on 24 June, the plan was simple enough: 18,000 kilometres, anti-clockwise, one electric motorcycle, no support vehicle. What I didn’t plan … [continued]
Could ACEEV’s Yewt herald the rebirth of the Australian car industry? Well, it isn’t the electric Commodore from General Motors Holden, but CEO Greg McGarvey is hoping that the ACE EV (Australian Clean Energy Electric Vehicles) will be the seed from which the Australian auto industry can regrow. CleanTechnica has … [continued]
